Ho, Ho, Ho! Knit, Knit, Knit!

My 10 miles of weekend running were freezing, except for my treadmill session of course. However, it is the perfect knitting weather.

I am knitting baby hats to donate to a NICU for Christmas. With two more weeks of knitting, I hope to reach my goal amount of 50-100ish…

For my Santa Pattern for Preemie’s, I cast on 60 stitches to double pointed needles. 15 stitches onto each needle. Then, I knit in the round until about four to five inches, and decrease by one stitch every round until I have 10 stitches on each double pointed needle or 40 stitches. I knit in the round 10 more rows, then decrease to five stitches on each needle for another ten rows. After the last ten rows, I close the hat and tie on a pom-pom. The pom-poms are made by wrapping yarn around two fingers about 100 times, tying yarn around the center, and cutting the middle of the loops on each end. Pom-poms are very easy and fun to make. If I am making a normal sized baby hat, I use 65-75 stitches depending on the type of yarn. Or if I want a normal hat instead of a Santa hat, then I decrease by one stitch on each needle per row after 4-5 inches, such as the third stitch, until the hat is finished. I love knitting for Christmas, and this project makes me happier than my mask donation project and is something that I would typically do outside of covid. Everyone loves Santa babies!

Happy Knitting!