tiny hat

Stuart's cousin had a baby yesterday. Usually this is the sort of occasion that calls for a lot of celebration, but little Calla Jayne was very, very premature. I believe Julie was about 26 weeks along when she started going into labor. They held it off for a few days - and every day counts at this stage - but yesterday there was no stopping it. So far, everyone is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, but they could all use our thoughts, hopes and prayers (if that's your thing) for a little while.

Last night I had the strong urge to knit her something. I wanted to do a baby blanket, but I don't have enough of anything soft enough for a preemie, and anyway, a blanket would take too long. So I made a hat.



The yarn is a bit of Dale of Norway Lerke, from the remaining part of the skein I used for one of those pups. I didn't have a pattern, just did a 4 stitch garter band for the bottom, then picked up stitches along the selvedge edge and knit the rest in the round in st stitch. There are two tiny ladybug buttons where the garter band is joined. This wee hat is about 11" around, and it seems so impossibly tiny, yet it's probably too big for a baby who weighs just under 2 lbs. I'm debating making another slightly smaller hat out of some sport weight cotton I have, but I really want to send this off to Kansas today...we'll see.