This baby hat pattern allows you to make a great gift baby shower gift or a quick and easy wardrobe staple. The neat and colourful stitches, whilst easy to master, create a soft and warm piece which you can treasure for years to come. I have used acrylic wool as it is vegan and allergen free, the wool is easy to work with and is washable too making your hats durable and practical.

The hat pictured is the newborn size. The hat pattern gives instructions for three sizes; newborn, 3 – 6 months, and 6 – 12 months meaning that you can create matching hats as baby grows.

The rainbow stripes are vibrant and fun and with the huge choice of wool on offer you can adapt this pattern to create your own colour scheme. This piece is a great project for using up wool, perfect for finishing up wool left over from a blanket or item of clothing.

You can find the matching baby blanket pattern here

What you will need:

• 6mm crochet hook
• large blunt needle for weaving in the ends
• Worsted weight wool – approximately 25g – 100g

Abbreviations: NB this pattern uses UK crochet terms
st – stitch
ch – chain
htc - wrap wool around the hook, insert hook into stitch, wrap wool around hook and pull through, hook wool and pull through the three stitches on the hook (known as a hdc in USA terms)
dc - double crochet - insert hook into the stitch, wrap wool around hook and pull through, hook the wool and pull through the two stitches on the hook (known as a single crochet in USA terms)

Comments, Questions & Queries
If you have any questions about this pattern or any of the techniques mentioned please do not hesitate to contact me. I would love to hear from you and I am more than happy to answer any questions that you have.
If you have any problems with the pattern please contact me and I will do my best to resolve the problem straight away.
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