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| Red Ribby Hats |
Many Hospitals
and Maternity Units in the UK welcome donations of Baby Hats in a range of
sizes – BUT they all seem to have different requirements.
Please check
what is needed! The truth is - hospitals
have very little facility for storage – and what is donated but not required - is
often simply dumped in an incinerator. It
is not about donating what you like to make – it is about suppling what is
needed and wanted.
Please ask.
Many maternity
units use Red Hats as a way of identifying babies that need extra care, including
requiring more observations than is the normal routine.
These little
Ribby Hats are very practical as they are so stretchy and forgiving - and fit
well on a variety of different sizes of heads. This pattern includes instructions
for a Beanie Style Hat and a Hat with a turn up.
Ribby ~ Baby
Hats
4mm needles
DK yarn
Newborn Baby – 12″ circumference, 5½ ʺ high
Instructions:
Cast on 64sts
1st Row: S1,
* k1, p2, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1, k1
2nd Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, p1, k1
Repeat the last 2 rows 18 times more
If you want a turn-up brim make your hat
10 rows longer at this point
Shape Top ~
Next Row: S1, * k1, p2tog, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1, k1 (44sts)
Next
Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k1, repeat from * to end
Next
Row: K2tog all
across
row
(22sts)
Next
Row: S1,
purl to last st,
k1
Next Row:
K2tog all across
row
(11sts)
Cut the yarn leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn needle, pull the yarn
through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side seam and weave in ends.
Large Premature Baby – 11″
circumference, 5¼
ʺ high
Instructions:
Cast on 55sts
1st Row: S1,
* k1, p2, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1, k1
2nd Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, p1, k1
Repeat the last 2 rows 15 times more
If you want a turn-up brim make your hat
10 rows longer at this point
Shape Top ~
Next
Row: S1,
* k1, p2tog, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1,
k1 (38sts)
Next
Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k1, repeat from * to end
Next
Row: K2tog all
across
row (19sts)
Next
Row: S1,
purl to last st,
k1
Next
Row: S1,
*k2tog, repeat from * to
end (10sts)
Cut the yarn leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn needle, pull the yarn
through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side seam and weave in ends.
Medium Premature Baby – 9″ circumference, 4½“ high
Instructions:
Cast on 46sts
1st Row: S1,
* k1, p2, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1, k1
2nd Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, p1, k1
Repeat the last 2 rows twelve times more
If you want a turn-up brim make your hat
8 rows longer at this point
Shape Top ~
Next
Row: S1,
* k1, p2tog, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1,
k1 (32sts)
Next
Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k1, repeat from * to end
Next
Row: K2tog all
across
row (16sts)
Next
Row: S1,
purl to last st,
k1
Next
Row: *K2tog,
repeat from * to
end (8sts)
Cut the yarn leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn needle, pull the yarn
through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side seam and weave in ends.
Small Premature Baby – 7″
circumference, 3½“ high
Instructions:
Cast on 37sts
1st Row: S1,
* k1, p2, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1, k1
2nd Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k2, repeat from * to last 2sts, p1, k1
Repeat the last 2 rows nine times more
Shape Top ~
Next
Row: S1,
* k1, p2tog, repeat from * to last 3sts, k1, p1,
k1 (26sts)
Next
Row: S1,
k1, * p1, k1, repeat from * to end
Next
Row: K2tog all
across
row (13sts)
Next
Row: S1,
purl to last st,
k1
Next
Row: S1,
*k2tog, repeat from * to
end (7sts)
Cut the yarn leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn needle, pull the yarn
through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side seam and weave in ends.
I am happy for you to use my patterns for your own use or for charity donations.
