When you need a baby gift that you can knit lickety split, cast on for our free Baby Pom Pom Hat pattern in our marvelously soft, new Fine Print sock yarn!

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

These darling hats couldn’t be easier. Knit in the round, you start with a 1×1 ribbed edging, then it’s all stockinette until you reach the simple k2tog decreases.

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

At the end of the decreases, you’ll cinch the remaining stitches to create a cute, slightly gathered top, the perfect nest for a perky little pom pom.

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

Fine Print is such a beautiful yarn for sensitive baby skin. It’s a super soft, super stretchy sock yarn, made with 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon. That means it’s machine wash- and dry-able, long-lasting, and no-pill!

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

Its cheerful palette is a bouquet of colors hand-printed onto a warm white base. With a lovely variegation in the dye, every stitch is a happy little surprise, while 50-gram balls allow you to mix and match away!

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

The colors are so delightful that we couldn’t resist knitting this easy, satisfying hat in every single shade of Fine Print!

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

One ball is plenty to knit one Baby Pom Pom Hat in either the newborn or baby size. Or pick up two colors and make two hats, one in each size with opposite color schemes. What a special hand-knit gift!

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Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Gianna Mueller. See more of Gianna’s designs on her Instagram!

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Materials

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

To make two hats in any size (switching Main Color and Contrast Color for the second one), you’ll need…

  • Purl Soho’s Fine Print, 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon. Each ball of this fingering-weight yarn is approximately 218 yards/ 50 grams.
    • Main Color: 1 ball; approximately 100 (130) total yards required.
    • Contrast Color (for Pom Pom): 1 ball; approximately 50 total yards required.
  • A set of US 1½ (2.75 mm) double pointed needles
  • Stitch markers, including one unique
  • A pom pom maker. We used Purl Soho’s Pom Pom Maker Set in Small + Large.

GAUGE

34 stitches and 41 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

SIZES

Newborn (Baby)

  • Finished Circumference: Approximately 12¾ (15) inches
  • Finished Height: 6 (7) inches

PATTERN

BODY

With Main Color, cast on 108 (128) stitches, we used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

Place a unique marker and join for working in the round, being careful not to twist the stitches.

Round 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to end of round.

Repeat Round 1 eight more times, until piece measures approximately 1 inch from cast-on edge.

Knit every round until piece measures 3 (3¼) inches from cast-on edge.

CROWN

Set-Up Round: [K27 (32), place marker] 3 times, knit to end of round. [3 stitch markers placed]

Round 1: [Knit to 2 stitches before next marker, knit 2 together, slip marker] 4 times. [4 stitches decreased]

Round 2: Knit to end of round.

Repeat Rounds 1 and 2 nine (11) more times. [68 (80) stitches remain]

Repeat Round 1 eleven (14) more times. [24 stitches remain]

Cut yarn and thread tail onto a tapestry needle. Thread tail through remaining stitches. Pull taut and bring tail to inside of hat to weave in.

FINISHING

Weave in the ends and wet block before attaching pom pom.

POM POM

With Contrast Color, make a 2-inch pom pom. If you’re using Purl Soho’s Pom Pom Maker Set, use the Small Pom Pom Maker and the 2-inch Trim Guide. Follow along with our Pom Pom Tutorial for all the how-tos!

ATTACH POM POM

Thread each pom pom tail separately through the top of the Crown to the inside of the hat. Tie the tails into a knot, then thread the tails up through the pom pom and trim them flush with the pom pom. All done!

Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho
Baby Pom Pom Hat | Purl Soho

LEARN ABOUT FINE PRINT + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS

Fine Print is the perfect yarn for this project, a classic 75% superwash wool + 25% nylon fingering-weight yarn that is springy, durable, and super soft. Each stitch is a joyful little surprise, with colorful dye printed onto the warm white base for a marbled fabric of incredible depth. 50-gram balls of this classic sock yarn give you creative license to mix, match, contrast, harmonize, and play!

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