This slouchy beanie features a bit of texture. The newborn size is designed to meet the donation requirements of Little Hats, Big Hearts, a program of the American Heart Association.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog here.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows (for hat band), crocheting in the round (for hat)
Special stitches: puff, sc2tog (with written explanation in pattern)

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Sizes
Newborn (3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large). Photographed sample is Newborn size.

Newborn: 14.5” (37 cm) hat circumference x 6.5” (16.5 cm) height.

3 months: 16” (40.5 cm) hat circumference x 6.5” (16.5 cm) height.

6 months: 17” (43 cm) hat circumference x 6.75” (17 cm) height.

1 year: 18” (46 cm) hat circumference x 7.25” (18.5 cm) height.

2 years: 19” (48 cm) hat circumference x 7.5” (19 cm) height.

3-5 years: 20” (51 cm) hat circumference x 8” (20.5 cm) height.

6-10 years: 21” (53.5 cm) hat circumference x 8.5” (21.5 cm) height.

Teen/Adult Small: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference x 8.75” (22.5 cm) height.

Adult Medium: 23” (58.5 cm) hat circumference x 9.25” (23.5 cm) height.

Adult Large: 24” (61 cm) hat circumference x 9.5” (24 cm) height.

Materials
Premier Everyday Soft Worsted Heathers yarn (100% acrylic, 4 oz/113 g/203 yd/186 m) – 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) skein in 110-01 Red Heather, or approximately 162 yd (179 yd, 198 yd, 224 yd, 245 yd, 275 yd, 307 yd, 331 yd, 366 yd, 392 yd)/148 m (163.5 m, 181 m, 205 m, 224 m, 251.5 m, 281 m, 302.5 m, 334.5 m, 358.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
6 sts = 1.5” (4 cm) in pattern for band. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.