Jack & Jill ~ Premature Baby Hats

You love my little Jack & Jill Premature Baby Cardigan Jacket  - so here are the matching hats. Hope you like them too.

 

Small, Medium & Large Preemie sizes.

 

 

 DK (8ply) yarn         Small Preemie ~    4 - 6 g            Medium Preemie ~ 8 - 10g            Large Preemie ~ 12 - 14g

 

‘Jack & Jill’  Unisex Baby Beanie Hat

 

Gauge / Tension   22sts = 4” (10cm)

 

 

Small Premature Baby  –  7″ circumference, 3 ½“ high

 

 

Using 4mm needles & DK yarn, cast on 37sts

 

Border ~

 

1^st Row:  S1, knit to end of row

 

Repeat this row once more

 

Pattern ~

 

3^rd Row:            S1, knit to end of row

 

4^th Row:            S1, *p3, k1, repeat from * to end

 

Repeat the last two rows until work measures 2”, ending after a knit row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last 2sts, k2tog                                 (36sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, knit to end of row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

Shape Top ~

 

Next Row:         *K3, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (29sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

Next Row:         *K2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (22sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1    

 

Next Row:         *K1, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (15sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

Next Row:         *K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1                     (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.

 

 

 

Medium Premature Baby  –  9″ circumference, 4 ½“ high

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using 4mm needles & DK yarn, cast on 45sts

 

Border ~

 

1^st Row:  S1, knit to end of row

 

Repeat this row 3 times more

 

Pattern ~

 

5^th Row:            S1, knit to end of row

 

6^th Row:            S1, *p3, k1, repeat from * to end

 

Repeat the last two rows until work measures 3“, ending after a knit row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, kfb                            (46sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, knit to end of row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

 

Shape Top ~

 

Next Row:         *K3, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (37sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

Next Row:         *K2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (28sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1    

 

Next Row:         *K1, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (19sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1    

 

Next Row:        *K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1                     (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.

 

 

 

Large Premature / Small Newborn  –  11″ circumference, 5 ½ “ high

 

Using 4mm needles & DK yarn, cast on 57sts

 

Border ~

 

1^st Row:  S1, knit to end of row

 

Repeat this row 3 times more

 

Pattern ~

 

5^th Row:            S1, knit to end of row

 

6^th Row:            S1, *p3, k1, repeat from * to end

 

Repeat the last two rows until work measures 4“, ending after a knit row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last 2sts, k2tog                                 (56sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, knit to end of row

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1

 

Shape Top ~

 

Next Row:         *K3, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (45sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1    

 

Next Row:         *K2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (34sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1    

 

Next Row:         *K1, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1               (23sts)

 

Next Row:         S1, knit to end of row

 

Next Row:         * K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1                    (12sts)                                                                                     

Next Row:         S1, purl to last st, k1                                        

                                               

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.

 

 

 

You will find my matching premature baby jackets at ~

 

https://mariannaslazydaisydays.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/jack-jill-premature-baby-cardigan.html

 

 

 

You will find bigger sizes of this hat at ~

 

https://mariannaslazydaisydays.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/jack-jill-baby-hats.html



 

 

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