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2/19/2015

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Matching Mom and Newborn Winter Hats... A Challenge.

So a friend of mine from work threw out a simple request to me, and it's been more of a challenge than anticipated.  To make matching mommy and newborn baby hats.  It's an adorable idea, however, a unique one , as there are few patterns out there that can be used this way.  So, yet again, I gave up my slog through zillions of newborn patterns, and wrote my own... A pattern that I would want to wear, but that would still be adorable on a newborn.  I liked the idea of a knitted stitch with lots of texture, to add interest without making the hat too busy.  So I discovered the 'alternating dot stitch'.  It's kind-of lacy without adding giant holes to the fabric... Perfect!  So, I knitted up my test hat, and it SHOULD fit a newborn perfectly (but I don't have a newborn to test it on).  It knits up to fit a 12-14" circumference head, and has enough length to have the brim flipped up (so it can be worn for a little longer as baby grows).  So... here is the pattern kids! Now to make the Mommy version!!!
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For Newborn Hat: 
Using US size 6 circular needles and Caron simply soft yarn (or any worsted weight yarn) cast on 64.  Join in the round, do not twist. Knit in 1x1 twisted rib for 10 rounds (brim should be about 1inch wide). Change needles to size 8.  Start alternating dot stitch…
Row 1: knit 
Row 2: k1, p1 around 
Row 3: knit 
Row 4: p1, k1 around 
*** Do 7 sets of these first 4 rows.  Should measure approx. 5" when completed. ***

To start decrease rounds: 
Row 1: k6, k2tog around 
Row 2: k1, p1 around 
Row 3: k5, k2tog around 
Row 4: p1, k1 around 
Row 5: k4, k2tog around 
Row 6: k1, p1 around 
Row 7: k3, k2tog around 
Row 8: p1, k1 around 
Row 9: k2, k2tog around 
Row 10: k1, p1 around 
Row 11: k1, k2tog around

Cut a long tail and draw yarn through remaining stitches, bring to inside of hat and weave in tail.
Then as Stephen West would say, "Pom pom it!".  
Mommy pattern still in progress....
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    My name is Robynn, and I am a wife, and mother, living in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.  I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), a vegetarian, and an artistic, crafty individual.  I am passionate about the old-world things my Grandmother taught me... Gardening, canning, sewing, and cooking.  I believe they all have an important, and under-appreciated, role in the modern world.  Thank you for taking the time to learn a little more about me.  Enjoy!

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