Today we bring you another free baby hat knitting pattern.

The cute beanie hat is size newborn/0-3m (depending on the size of the baby). It is knit flat with double knitting yarn.

The hat shown was knit with the gorgeous and super soft Emu Treasures Little Dots yarn. I love the pretty dots this yarn gives and it is very soft and lovely to knit with.

However, feel free to use any DK (light worsted/8 ply) yarn of your choice to make this sweet little newborn hat.

The hat is very easy to knit, it’s just a basic beanie hat with some texture changes for added interest.

The hat is part of a collection of 6 double knitting baby hats that I just released onto Amazon: please click here to find out more about the new newborn hats knitting pattern booklet.

Ok, let’s get on with the knitting pattern! Please note we use some affiliate links to help bring you free knitting patterns.

Newborn Hat in DK Yarn Knitting Pattern

You Will Need

Approx 25g of DK yarn. Click here to see the lovely yarn used for the hat in the photo.

Pair each of 3.75 and 4mm needles, plus scissors and needle for sewing up.

Instructions

On 3.75mm needles cast on 65 stitches.

Work 6 rows of the following rib stitch:

Row 1: *K3, p2; repeat from * to the end of the row

Row 2: *K2, p3; repeat from * to the end of the row

Next 12 rows: K.

Change to 4mm needles and, beginning with a k row, work 20 rows of stocking stitch (k right side rows, p wrong side rows).

Shape the top of the hat:

1. *K3, k2tog; repeat from * to the end of the row (52 stitches remain)
2. P
3. *K2, k2tog; repeat from * to the end of the row (39 stitches remain)
4. P
5. *K1, k2tog; repeat from * to the end of the row (26 stitches remain)
6. P
7. *K2tog; repeat from * to the end of the row (13 stitches remain)
8. *P2tog; repeat from * to the last stitch, p1 (7 stitches remain)

Cut yarn, leaving a length of yarn for sewing back seam. Thread yarn through the rem stitches, gather the top of the hat and sew up the seam. Weave in loose ends.

And thats the easy newborn beanie free knitting pattern, I do hope you enjoy making the cute little hat.

You can find a printed version of this knitting pattern along with the other baby hats shown below here on Amazon.