Are these baby hats good enough to sell on a charity stall.

[florentina1]

They are newborn to 2 years. Would you buy them and if so may I ask how much you would pay.

I'd buy them if you made them in less garish colours and in good quality cotton yarn.
The ones pictured remind me of the type of thing an older relative gave us when we had our first child.

A chairs stall, yes - £2 or £3.

Sorry but they're not high enough quality for a higher price or commercial sale.

*charity

OP - contact your local neonatal unit, they often want hats of different sizes for the babies on the unit.

Please don’t take them to a charity shop.

Please take them to your local NICU! They are very much in desperate need there as quite often parents have no baby clothes with them as the birth is unexpected so soon.

My DD was in NICU and I still treasure the little hats like these she got from there.

I would drop them off at the maternity unit!

I’d pay £1 or £2 for them, for charity.

My prem newborn had lots of lovey knitted items like this from NICU made by many kind people.

They weren’t itchy at all.

They're really cute!!

We also had them in NICU along with a little knitted teddy, they are now precious keepsakes, DTs love looking at how small they are. I wouldn't buy one though.

Would you want your newborn in what I suspect will be very itchy

@Sublimeursula - The OP's hats looks just like the ones my premature baby wore in the neonatal unit. The hats are used to both keep the baby warm and also to help hold the ventilator tube in place.

The neonatal unit staff will be the best placed to determine if they are suitable or not.

I think the idea of donating to a maternity ward is a good idea.

If it’s about using up left over yarn (which I fully understand) perhaps you could do multicolour small blankets.

I know when I was dealing with Cats Protection they were very happy to receive old towels and bedding for the cats. Maybe small blankets would be useful to them as well.

If lost for ideas I recommend Pinterest.

They’ll look better is you block them first. They cast-ons look a hit lumpy in the photo.

They're very sweet op. I personally wouldn't buy one because I make (and sell) My own. But on a charity stall I'd charge £2-3 for a baby hat.

Can you donate them to the hospital for premature babies? They would be ideal for that and I'm sure hospitals take donations of these as when my son was born he was only 5lb 5 and the hats they had were knitted like this but we're still too big for his tiny head xx

Why do people think that people who don’t like these just want to dress their babies in beige/neutrals?

I am not a fan because - more likely to be itchy, need to go on a wool wash, worried about loose yarn and quality of construction. I like bold bright colours but not clashing colours I am afraid.

I like the bottom right and top left but wouldn't buy any of the other ones.

I think the kind of parents that like knitted hats prefer wool in slightly more complex colours. So jewel tones, earth colours or neutrals. And are more likely to buy natural materials than acrylic.

This hat is £17.99 on etsy! It takes no more time to make than your hats but you'd get a better reward for your time if you made more contemporary styles.

They are beautiful esp the pink with the bow I would pay no more than 6.00

I volunteer with a charity for families with babies, we get these type of hats ( often in very garish colours) donated to us by lovely volunteers, tbh none of our families actually want them even for free. We do try and dissuade people from donating them, as obviously there is a cost in time and materials to them but still every month or so someone shows up with a bag of hats and knitted cardigans. We do try and pass them on but not sure if they ever do actually get used.

What are they made from? They look like an acrylic from the picture which shouldn't be itchy?

Hand knitted and crocheted products are difficult because people want something special, nice wool etc but want to pay mass produced Primark prices ie not what the wool costs and the time taken.

They seem like they would be nice dolls hats. Could you make some matching basic dresses to match and sell doll clothes on your stall? You probably won't raise a lot of money but should still be able to contribute to the charity. Maybe lose the pot poms though as they always seem to fall apart (or mine do anyway!).

I love the colours and would pay up to £5 for them. I only worry that they don't look very dense so might not be suitable for winter.

I’d buy them. I loved knitted stuff for my daughter. I spent a fortune on eBay buying stuff like that. A few pounds easily I’d of thought