it's not a knitting blog ....

... but I wanted to share this sweet pattern I came up with

all on my own (almost)!

baby crown (newborn size)

my cousins had babies just weeks apart

(the littlest one below was premature)

but he's doing great and will be coming home soon

baby crown (preemie size)

I was knitting away on a baby hat pattern that halfway through was turning out really wonky and strange. Happily, when I turned it upside down it looked just like a crown. So this is really just an adaptation of a hat pattern.

For both crowns I used Lily "sugar and cream" cotton yarn

(medium weight)

and size 3 US double pointed needles (4 needles)

Instructions:

Cast on 73 stitches (preemie: 63 stitches) and divide between 3 needles

Rows 1-3: knit

Rows 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13: purl

Row 4: k2, *yo, k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3, yo, k1; repeat from *, end k2 instead of k1

Row 6: k2, *k1, yo, k2, sl1, k2tog, psso, k2, yo, k2; repeat from *, end k3 instead of k2

Row 8: k2, *k2, yo, k1, sl1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k3; repeat from *, end k4 instead of k3

Row 10: k2, *k3, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k4; repeat from *, end k5 instead of k4

Row 12: k2, *yo, k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3, yo, k1; repeat from *, end k2 instead of k1

Row 14-17: k1, p1

Cast off

this knits up super quick

one of them I knit while we were on a road trip this summer (about 3 hours round trip)

and the other I knit while we were watching a movie

... like I said ...

super quick!