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Super Simple Newborn Beanie

February 3, 2014

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I love making simple beanies. Besides the fact that they are SO fast, they are great for charity projects. There are tons of great ways to give back using newborn beanie hats. Hospitals use them in their OB wards (I still have the homemade beanies my sons wore home from the hospital!). Or how about donating them to orphanages? Last summer I had the opportunity to hand-deliver over 300 newborn beanies to orphanages in Bogota, Colombia (more on my connections with that wonderful country later).

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Today’s free pattern isn’t so much a pattern as it is just a little inspiration; a fun, simple way to finish your typical newborn hat to make it stand out a bit more. The hat itself is just your standard, double crochet beanie hat. I added a contrasting row of SC to the bottom and a cute little button on the side, and that’s all there is to it!

Many of my readers make charity hats. Let me know in the comments where you donate your hats!

 

SUPER SIMPLE NEWBORN BEANIE

Hook: H (5.00mm)
Yarn: Small amount of worsted in two contrasting colors  (I typically use Hobby Lobby’s “I Love This Yarn” or Lion Brand’s “Vanna’s Choice”)
Difficulty: Easy

Notes:

  • Ch 2 does not count as starting DC. (Note: Originally, I had incorrectly stated that it does. Sorry for the confusion!) When joining, join to the first DC, not to the top of the chain.
  • This pattern is written in American Standard Terms.
  • This pattern was updated on September 12, 2015.

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With H hook and first color yarn, make a Magic Circle.

Round 1: Ch 2; 12 DC in magic circle; join. (12)

Round 2: Ch 2; 2 DC in same St and in each St around. Join. (24)

Round 3: Ch 2; 2DC in same St, 1 DC in next, (2 DC in next, 1 DC in next) around. (36)

Round 4: Ch 2; 2DC in same St, 1 DC in each of the next 17 St, 2 DC in next, 1 DC in each of the next 17. Join. (38)

Rounds 5-9: Ch 2; DC in each St around. Join.

Switch to contrasting color.

Round 10: Ch 1; SC in each St around. Join.  Fasten off and weave in all ends.

 

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Comments

  1. Kryssia Miranda says: August 5, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    Making pre hats for the hospitals

    Reply
  2. Jan says: July 17, 2017 at 12:48 am

    I can’t seem to get the magic circle, how many chains to begin, I tried 4, but it left a little hole. appreciate your help. Thank you

    Reply
    • Rebecca says: July 17, 2017 at 10:31 am

      Hi Jan – the magic circle doesn’t involve multiple chains. Here is a tutorial: http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/how-to-crochet-a-magic-circle/

      Reply
  3. Leslie York says: July 10, 2017 at 11:15 pm

    I make newborn hats for Mattel Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. I’m paying it forward. My granddaughter is special needs and this is our 3rd hospital and they have been most helpful. (Pray for gianna. On Facebook)

    Reply
  4. Amanda says: July 6, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    Hi! Just made one of these! Super easy!! Thanks for the pattern!!

    Reply
  5. julie says: July 5, 2017 at 8:07 pm

    I’m a pediatric nurse and i will have fun doing those hat for mission smile. thank you for your easy pattern. julie

    Reply
  6. Alicia Holt says: May 25, 2017 at 3:10 am

    I love making this easy pattern for two reasons…It is easy to memorize so you can do it without thinking and it is really good therapy for severe anxiety! Thank you for developing this pattern to help 🙂

    Reply
  7. Sandy desmond says: May 23, 2017 at 7:28 pm

    I live in a care and have trouble getting patterns for crochet hats and amigurumi animals lost all my patterns in move.

    Reply
  8. Dorothy says: May 14, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    I would like to pdf this pattern.what is theprice

    Reply
  9. Karyl says: May 1, 2017 at 3:06 am

    Will be making this to donate to a hospital on mothers’ day. I am hoping i can make a lot of mothers happy on that day 🙂

    Reply
  10. Lori Candau says: April 28, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    Love these hats! Thank u
    Do not understand second part of round 4? How is this different than first 17 stiches?

    Thank u!

    Reply
    • Rebecca says: April 30, 2017 at 5:32 pm

      It isn’t. The round is a DC increase, then 17 DC, then a DC increase, then 17 DC.

      Reply
  11. EVELYN SPEDDING says: April 23, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    I L;IKE MAKING MADING SMALL THNIG.THANK FOR THE PATTERN.EV

    Reply
  12. Colleen Gardner says: March 20, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    Love your pattern. I’m using it to make hats for babies in the Dominican Republic and Honduras.

    Reply
  13. Deb says: February 27, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Thank you so much or the use of this pattern. It was very easy for me as a new crocheter and will be perfect for my new twin Grandbabies due in June. It made very nice looking beanies.

    Reply
  14. Evelyn Fodemski says: February 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    I am a senior citizen and a group of us crochet baby beanies, blankets for preemies and new born at our local hospital. The new moms seem to love the them.

    Reply
  15. Peggy Nobles says: February 21, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    I am using your pattern to make hats for the newborn babys at the hospital. I hope you don’t mine.

    Reply
  16. Sandra says: February 16, 2017 at 8:22 am

    came across your website looking for newborn baby hats to make for the hospital I work for, looking forward to make as many as I can, hope it is ok to use your patterns, if so thank you

    Sandra

    Reply
  17. Karen Hensley says: February 13, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    I will be donating to MUSC in Charleston South Carolina NICU where my 7 day old grandson had his open heart surgery.

    Reply
  18. Dianna Shaw says: February 12, 2017 at 2:29 pm

    I donate to The Preemie Project out of Iowa. They supply the Iowa City hospital and several others.

    Reply
  19. Lori Cogen says: February 9, 2017 at 11:00 am

    I just made the Call the Midwife blanket and thought I’d make this beanie with the leftover yarn. The friend who’s expecting has a family history (both sides) of 10+pound babies. Is there a way to make this beanie just a bit bigger?
    Thank you and congratulations on you new baby!

    Reply
    • Lori Cogen says: February 9, 2017 at 11:10 am

      Just read the post before mine…and I looked up increasing. Thank you once again.

      Reply
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