I wanted to make something special for my friend who is going to have a baby soon & I wanted to use the yarn that we used for her motherblessing. So after some trial and error I made this hat. The little one was the size that it was originally (thin yarn- I hadn't increased the size enough) and the larger one is the finished project. I'm going to give the mini one for the big brother to have a doll hat that matches his new baby sisters.
For reference, I used size 2 needles with size 1 thin wool/bamboo yarn - I cast on 144 stitches for the big one and 72 for the little one. I k2/p2 for a few rows to get the ribbing, knit up 4.75 inches for the big one (would increase to 5 next time), and 2.5 for the little one (increase to 3), then decreased using this pattern:
row 1- k6, k2tog
row 2 & all even rows knit
row 3 - k5, k2tog
row 5 - k4, k2tog
row 7 - k3, k2tog
row 9 - k2, k2tog
row 11 - k1, k2tog
row 12 - k2tog
thread needle through remaining loops & tie together.
and this: http://www.purlbee.com/heirloom-hats-for-newborns/ was very helpful
