Baby Hat Patterns for Charity and More
All the cutest and most original baby hat patterns in one place!
Whether you're knitting for charity or the babe next door, baby hat patterns are fun, fast, and provide a great outlet for your creativity. After all, they're so tiny that if you mess up, it's a cinch to begin again. My babies are long since grown, but all the same I love to knit baby caps, so I donate a pile to charity. You can too -- with these free baby hat patterns.
This is one of those baby hat patterns you'll love to play around with. Of course the apple pattern itself is adorable, but you can play with the color of yarn and the way you decorate it to make pumpkins, snowman heads, or whatever strikes your fancy. This too-cute hat is bound to appeal to any mom and elicit squeals of admiration from her adoring public.
From the most adorable to the most classic! This vine lace pattern evokes a sweet Victorian baby lying in the comfort of her pram. Whether you're knitting for a traditional, all-in-pink kind of mom or your best friend with the vampire fixation, everyone loves this pretty and simple-to-make cap.
3. Court Jester
This is one of my very favorite baby hat patterns... the infamous court jester. You can knit it in simple neutrals if you're a conservative type experimenting, or all the colors of the rainbow if you really like to get wild. There's no way a baby could fail to look adorable in this little hat -- of course, there's no way most babies could fail to look adorable, period.
You know you've always wanted to dress a baby as a Dalmatian, right? Here's your chance. This fantastic pattern works dark dots into a light background and gives you the perfect spotted puppy hat to charm any newborn's heart.
And I do mean that -- scientists have shown that for the first few months of their lives, babies see black and white much more easily than color. Even if it's not mommy's favorite hat, this is sure to be baby's.
5. The Grow-Along-With-You Hat
Have you ever felt like it's a waste of time to knit charitable donations a kid'll outgrow in a month? Well, this is one of those baby hat patterns designed to answer your prayer. It's reversible: one side fits 2-4 months old and the other fits 5-8 months old. Your donation will keep on giving for almost the first year of baby's life.
There are so many baby hat patterns out there, it's impossible to decide on a favorite, but these five will give you a great start.