Keep your newborn warm while adding a dash of cuteness with this baby giraffe hat! Perfect for babies born up to 11 pounds, you can quickly whip one up for your little one or as a gift for your bestie's baby. Keep scrolling to see how it's made, or get the ad-free printable PDF pattern here.
This sweet little giraffe crochet hat is great to make for any baby in your life.
It’s sized for a preemie to a newborn up to 11 pounds and has cute ears, horns, and other details that make it perfect for a newborn photoshoot with an animal theme, or just for a little one to wear when they’re feeling a little wild.
The newborn crochet hat could be worked in different colors and with different features to look like an alien or some other wild thing as well if you wanted.
Either way, this one stitch up quickly for a last-minute shower gift to celebrate a new little one. Speaking of crochet projects that are quick and easy, check out 90 amazing “Done in a Day” crochet patterns.
Baby Giraffe Hat Crochet Pattern
Skill Level: Easy
Materials:
Hook: US size G/6 (4mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
Yarn: Worsted weight yarn
- 50 [70, 80, 90] yds yellow
- 35 yds white
- 20 yds pink (optional)
Notions:
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
- 2 small black buttons
Size:
1-3 lb [3-5 lb, 6-8 lb, 9-11lb] baby
Circumference: 9.75 [12.25, 13.25, 14.75] inches
Length: 3.5 [4.5, 5, 6] inches
These are our finished sizes. If yours doesn’t fit within these measurements, please check your gauge.
Gauge:
2 dc stitches x 2 rnds = 1 inch
*Change the hook size to obtain the gauge.
Pattern uses US crochet terms.
| ABBREVIATIONS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| bpdc | Back post double crochet |
| ch | Chain |
| dc | Double crochet |
| fpdc | Front post double crochet |
| rnd | Round |
| sc | Single crochet |
| sl st | Slip stitch |
| st(s) | Stitch(es) |
Special Stitches:
Single crochet decrease (sc dec): insert hook in next st, yarn over and pull up a loop, insert hook in next st, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all loops on hook.
Notes:
At the end of rounds, join with a slip stitch in top of the first stitch.
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Pattern
Hat
1-3 lb Preemie Hat
Rnd 1: With yellow, ch 3, 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook (skipped chs do not count as a st), join. (11 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), 2 dc in each st around, join. (22 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, repeat from * to last st, dc in last st, join. (29 sts)
Rnds 4-6: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join.
Rnd 7: Ch 2, fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st, *fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st, repeat from * around, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
3-5 lb Preemie Hat
Rnd 1: With yellow, ch 3, 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook (skipped chs do not count as a st), join. (11 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), 2 dc in each st around, join. (22 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st, repeat from * around, join. (33 sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 7 sts, repeat from * to last st, dc in last st, join. (37 sts)
Rnds 5-8: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join.
Rnd 9: Ch 2, fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st, *fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st, repeat from * around, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
6-8 lb Preemie Hat
Rnd 1: With yellow, ch 3, 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook (skipped chs do not count as a st), join. (11 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), 2 dc in each st around, join. (22 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st, repeat from * around, join. (33 sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts, repeat from * 5 more times, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, join. (40 sts)
Rnds 5-9: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join.
Rnd 10: Ch 2, fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st, *fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st, repeat from * around, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
9-11 lb Newborn Hat
Rnd 1: With yellow, ch 3, 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook (skipped chs do not count as a st), join. (11 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), 2 dc in each st around, join. (22 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st, repeat from * around, join. (33 sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, repeat from * around, join. (44 sts)
Rnds 5-11: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join.
Rnd 12: Ch 2, fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st, *fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st, repeat from * around, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
Snout
Row 1: With white, ch 3, 7 dc in 3rd ch from hook, turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each st across, turn.
Edging: Ch 1, sc in evenly around snout, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
Sew the snout just above the ribbing on the hat.
Eyes
Sew black buttons just above the snout with white yarn.
Horns (make 2)
Rnd 1: With white, ch 2, 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join. (4 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st, join. (8 sc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc dec in each st around, join. (4 sc)
Rnds 5-7: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join.
Fasten off; weave in ends. Sew on top of hat.
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Ears (make 2)
Rnd 1: With yellow, ch 2, 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join. (4 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join. (8 sc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * around, join. (12 sc) Rnd 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts, repeat from * around, join. (16 sc)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc dec around, join. (8 sc)
Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join.
Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
Sew the ears to the top of the hat next to the horns.
Bow
Row 1: With pink, ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each st across, turn. (9 sts)
Row 2-4: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Edging: Ch 1, sc in each st to last st, 2 sc in last st of row, *rotate to work along next side, sc in each st or row end across next side, 3 sc in corner, repeat from * 1 more time, sc in each remaining st, join. Fasten off; weave in ends.
Pinch the middle of bow together.
With pink yarn and a yarn needle wrap yarn around the middle of the bow tightly. Tie both ends together. Sew onto hat.
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Giraffes are my favorite and this hat is adorable!!
Thank you so much, I love giraffes;-)