Tiny Shells Premmie Beanie, free pattern

With my mother-in-law currently visiting, the subject of the premature birth of our son came up, and how now, looking back we're able to say just how much of a hard time we had. It made me think of this lovely pale green merino baby ply I had and how much I really wanted to make premmie beanies to donate to the nursery where Thomas spent his first 2 months. Here is a pattern I made up to make this premmie beanie, please let me know what you think.


tiny shells premmie beanie to fit head circumference up to 10 inches

Tiny Shells Beanie
~ worked in rounds, the first 5 rounds are a flat circle, see Tiny Shells Coaster for more ~
gauge, the first round is 1 inch in diameter to fit a small baby, perhaps a premmie
I used a 3mm hook and 4 ply merino baby yarn
1. ch 4, 16 dc into 1st ch, sl st into 2nd dc, tucking the starting chain behind the last dc
2. (3 hdc in next, sl st in next) repeat 7 more times (8 tiny petals)
3. 2 ch, sk hdc, sc in 2nd hdc (sk hdc, 3 hdc in sl st, sk hdc, sc in next hdc) repeat 6 more times, sk hdc, 3 hdc in slst, sl st into 1st sc, tucking starting ch behind last hdc (8 tiny petals)
4. 3 ch, sc in 2nd hdc (sk hdc, 5 dc in sc, sk hdc, sc in next hdc) repeat 6 more times, sk hdc, 5 dc in sc, sl st in 1st sc, tucking starting ch behind last dc (8 scallops)
5. 3 ch, sc in 3rd dc of scallop (sk 2 dc, 5 dc in sc, sk 2 dc, sc in 3rd dc of scallop) repeat 6 more times, sk 2 dc, 5 dc in sc, sl st in 1st sc, tucking starting ch behind last hdc (8 scallops)
6-13. repeat round 5 until desired length is reached, (eg. 8 more rounds of scallops)
14. sl st into 1st dc of next scallop, ch 1, sc into same, sc each into next 4 dc, (sk sc, sc in ea next 5 dc) repeat to end, sl st into 1st sc
15. ch 1, sc into each sc around, sl st into 2nd sc to tuck starting chain behind last sc, fasten off and weave in end

pale green 4 ply merino baby wool by Cleckheaton op shop find