Crochet and knitted hat patterns to keep the children's heads warm tooThese free crochet and knitted hat patterns are simple and easy to make. While the children sleep at night, snugly in their blankets, their little heads will be cold. As Nancy from New York wrote: up to 30 percent of the body's heat is lost through the head. And when they wake up on bitterly cold and frosty mornings, just having their heads covered in a warm knitted or crochet hat will help make a difference to the energy they must bring to surviving. Like all children around the world, these children will love to have something they can call their own. Their blankets will be treasured, but so too will their hats. Use any of your scraps to make a colorful warm, but soft, crochet hat or knitted hat that an AIDS orphan or abandoned child will count highly among their few precious possessions. 
This knitted hat pattern uses bulky yarn, but you can create the same effect using two strands of worsted or double knit yarn. And for the crochet hat, click here to Jill's woolcrafting site for this delightful crochet hat with flaps. Knitted Hat Pattern Using double knit yarn and size 5 mm needles cast on 90 stitches Row 1: k2 p2 to end of row
Single rib patternRow 1: k1, p1 to end of row Row 2: k to end of row Row 3: k1, p1 to end of row Row 4: k8, k2 tog to end of row (80 stitches remain) Row 5: k1, p1 to end of row Row 6: k7, k2 tog to end of row Row 7: (and every alternate row, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17) k1, p1 to end of row Row 8: k6, k2 tog to end of row Row 10: k5, k2 tog to end of row Row 12: k4, k2 tog to end of row Row 14: k3, k2 tog to end of row Row 16: k2, k2 tog to end of row Row 18: k1, k2 tog to end of row Repeat Row 18 until only 1 stitch remains Cast (bind) off leaving a long enough piece of yarn to sew up. To sew up turn your work to the wrong side, thread the piece of yarn strand with your yarn sewing needle and stitch from top to bottom. PLEASE NOTE: This knitted hat can be increased in size or decreased in size by using different size needles from 3.5 mm - 7 mm. Please, if you have a loved hat pattern, add it to the site. The more excited you are about the knitted and crochet hat patterns you can chose from, the more hats you will make, the more little heads will be kept warm! Please also join Square Circle ezine for stories of your efforts to help keep these children warm and for new baby blanket patterns.
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