Start making sea animals with this Preemie/Newborn Turtle Hats!
Skill Level
Intermediate
Sizes Included
1-3 lb: 8.5-9″ circumference, 3.5-4″ length
3-5 lb: 11-11.5″ circumference, 4-5″ length
6-8 lb: 12-12.5″ circumference, 5-6″ length
9-11 lb (Newborn): 13-14″ circumference, 6-6.5″ length
*These are our finished sizes. If yours doesn't fit within these measurements, please check your gauge.
Materials
Extra soft worsted weight yarn, Lion Brand, Vanna's Choice recommended
- 1-3 lb:
- Fern: 50 yards of yarn
- Sweet Pea: 10 yards of yarn
- Kelly Green: 10 yards of yarn
- Black: 1 yarn of yarn
- 3-5 lb:
- Fern: 67 yard of yarn
- Sweet Pea: 10 yards of yarn
- Kelly Green: 10 yards of yarn
- Black: 1 yard of yarn
- 6-8 lb: ~43 yards of yarn
- Fern: 76 yards of yarn
- Sweet Pea: 10 yards of yarn
- Kelly Green: 10 yards of yarn
- Black: 1 yard of yarn
- 9-11 lb (Newborn):
- Fern: 84 yards of yarn
- Sweet Pea: 10 yards of yarn
- Kelly Green: 10 yards of yarn
- Black: 1 yard of yarn
G-6 (4.00mm) crochet hook
2 small black buttons
Stuffing
Fabric scissors
Yarn needle, to weave ends
Gauge
3 dc stitches x 2 rows is 1″
*Change the hook size to obtain the gauge.
Abbreviations/Stitches Used
st(s)-stitch(es)
ch-chain
sc dec-single crochet decrease
dc-double crochet
fpdc-front post double crochet
bpdc-back post double crochet
*This pattern is written in American Crochet Terms.
1-3 lb Preemie Hat
Starting with Fern yarn,
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join (11 sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join (22 sts)
Round 3: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around dc in next st, join (29 sts)
Rounds 4-6: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (29 sts)
Round 7: ch 2, *fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st* repeat * to * around, fpdc in next st, join, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (29 sts)
3-5 lb Preemie Hat
Starting with Fern yarn,
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join (11 sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join (22 sts)
Round 3: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join (33 sts)
Round 4: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 7 sts* repeat * to * around, dc in next st, join (37 sts)
Rounds 5-8: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (37 sts)
Round 9: ch 2, *fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st* repeat * to * around, fpdc in next st, join, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (37 sts)
6-8 lb Preemie Hat
Starting with Fern yarn,
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join (11 sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join (22 sts)
Round 3: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join (33 sts)
Round 4: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 4 sts* repeat * to * 4 more times around, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, join (40 sts)
Rounds 5-9: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (40 sts)
Round 10: ch 2, *fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st* repeat * to * around, join, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (40 sts)
9-11 lb Newborn Hat
Starting with Fern yarn,
ch 3
Round 1: 11 dc in 3rd ch from hook, join (11 sts)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc in each st around, join (22 sts)
Round 3: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st* repeat * to * around, join (33 sts)
Round 4: ch 2, *2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts* repeat * to * around, join (44 sts)
Rounds 5-11: ch 2, dc in each st around, join (44 sts)
Round 12: ch 2, *fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st* repeat * to * around, join, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (44 sts)
Legs (Make 4)
Starting with Fern yarn,
ch 2
Round 1: 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join in first sc (4 sts)
Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join in first sc (8 sts)
Rounds 3-10: ch 1, sc in each st around, join in first sc (8 sts)
Round 11: ch 1, sc dec around 4 times, join in first sc dec, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (4 sts)
- stuff legs with stuffing
- with Fern yarn and a yarn needle
- attach the legs to the 2 front sides, and 2 back sides of hat, toward the ribbing of hat
- weave ends
Head
With Fern yarn,
ch 2
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join in first sc (6 sts)
Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join in first sc (12 sts)
Rounds 3-5: ch 1, sc in each st around, join in first sc (12 sts)
Round 6: ch 1, sc in each st around, join in first sc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (12 sts)
- stuff head with stuffing
- with Black yarn and a yarn needle
- stitch a smile and 2 eyes between rounds 1-3
- with Fern yarn and a yarn needle
- attach the head just above the ribbing, front and center of hat
- weave ends
Shell
(I made 7, but you may want to only want to use 4 for the small sizes.)
Starting with Kelly Green yarn,
ch 2
Round 1: 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join in first sc (5 sts)
Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, join in first sc (10 sts)
Cut yarn and change to Sweet Pea yarn.
Round 3: ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, *2 sc in next st, sc in next st* repeat * to * around, join in first sc, cut yarn, fasten off, weave ends (16 sts)
- with Sweet Pea yarn and a yarn needle
- attach the shell pieces to the top of the hat (I didn't stitch the shells together, just to the hat) I've added a visual guide below using the pattern I used
- weave ends
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