Part 1 of the Seemingly Seamless 2-Needle Preemie Hat has been posted

For February we are getting back to doing lace. I hope you enjoy Seemingly Seamless 2-Needle Preemie Hat. This project is the first in BOBBOL 2013 to expand our previous 2012 scope of Bits of Lace beyond edgings into other types of small lace projects.

This preemie hat is simply knit flat back and forth on 2 needles. What is clever is a technique that hides the seam in plain view. Your knitting friends won’t believe you didn’t knit this hat circularly!

I posted the Shopping List on the KnitHeartStrings member site yesterday. Did you see it? As with our previous projects, you won’t need much yarn. So shopping in your stash might turn up something you can use. Even a lonely partial ball of fingering weight machine washable/dryable yarn could find a home with this project.

Seemingly Seamless 2-Needle Preemie Hat is sized for premature babies, but you can easily upsize it for larger newborns and older babies by adding pattern repeats or making with thicker yarn on larger size needles.

I’ll be doing something different this month in making the pattern available free to members via the website. There will NOT be a pdf download. Instead, the pattern will be posted in pieces and available on special member-only content pages during February.

Part 1 of Seemingly Seamless 2-Needle Preemie Hat for Starting the 2-Needle Preemie Hat is available now for member viewing during February 2013.