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Bev's
Colonial Mop Cap for newborns (4 year old size below)
Copyright Beverly A. Qualheim 2010
Less
than 1 oz baby or sport yarn OR soft worsted weight yarn.
Size
H hook
Hat is about 5" - 5.5" tall. * PLEASE make sure newborn
hats are at least 5" tall!
TOP- down:
Rnd 1: Ch
4, and join to form a ring. Ch 3, (counts as a dc)
then make 16 more dc inside ring. Join with a slip stitch in top of 1st
actual dc of previous rnd (not the ch 3). (17 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 3,
dc into
the base of the Ch 3. * 1 dc in next dc,
2 dc in next
dc, Repeat from * around making sure to dc into the base of
the
ch 3.
Join with a slip stitch in top of 1st dc of previous rnd. (26 dc)
(follow
pattern above with the following changes) 12 dc into
ring
Follow increase pattern for 4 rows, ending with 48 stitches.
Dc in each row for a total of 12 rows of dc.
7 dc in each stitch around, to create the ruffle.
