About a month ago a friend had a preemie granddaughter born. I've never knit preemie hats before, I wasn't sure if babies in our local hospital were allowed to used them, but when this little 2 pound 3 ounce darling was born I quickly knit up three little hats. I thought that even if the hats weren't used they would be great to look at years from now surely with the comment "You were so little that these hats were to big!" I started the first hat with a published pattern but thought that they would be to big and so went down to a size 1US needle and sock yarn instead of a 5 needle and sport weight yarn. As you can see, the hat is still a bit big but happily it is being grown into! Hat for a Two Pound Preemie Cast on 80 stitches Knit 25 rounds in ribbing Knit 25 rounds in stockinette Decrease evenly around every other row until 8 stitches remain. Run yarn through the 8 stitches and sew shut. One hat has a ribbed brim, one a rolled brim, another h
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