knitting prem baby hats

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hello all,

althought my baby was not prem, she did spend alot of time in NNU.

i would like to knit some prem baby hats for the unit as i know they are always in short supply.

does anybody have any patterns for some?

cheers much in advance

I looked on ebay and got a couple at £1 each, im expecting my 2nd set of twins and the first were prem so im being organised this time lol

Ask the unit - our unit has special patterns as they need the hats to have a little flap on the top so they can scan the babies heads through the flap without taking the hat off (as we use the hats to secure the breathing tube with) - i'm sure our unit supplies a pattern and it would be a shame if you knitted loads of hats and then they couldn't use them. Also, I would advise you make the ties out of wool rather than use ribbon as, espcially if the baby is poorly and retains fluid and gets puffy, the ribbons can really dig into the skin wheras woollen ties have a bit more give and are softer.

it's a lovely idea and we are always grateful to the lovely people who knit stuff for us!

Agree with SallySparrow157, our nnu has patterns with the flap (Westminster bonnet??) which they happily post out to people. Otherwise there is a risk the nnu can't use the design you have spent ages kindly making