KNITA BABYHAT - Daktari Project

KNIT A BABY HAT
FOR THE BABIES AT KILEMBE MINES HOSPITAL
Baby hats are a simple and effective method to keep babies warm and reduce neonatal mortality in
developing countries. Nearly 2 million babies die each year in their first 24 hours of life. Many of these
deaths can easily be prevented by cheap interventions, such as knitted baby hats, antitetanus
immunizationortheuseofsterileinstrumentsduringdelivery.Thefirstandmostimportantstepatbirthis
tokeepthebabywarm.Ababylosesmostofitsbodyheatthroughitshead.Aknittedbabyhatensures
thatthebabystayswarmanditpreventshypothermia.So,yourknittedbabyhatcanmakeadifference!
This baby hat campaign is a part of the Helping
BabiesBreatheprojectofDaktariProject.Oneof
ourfieldsofactionistoprovideeducationforthe
midwivesatKilembeMinesHospital,especiallyon
how to support the newborn babies and
resuscitationatbirth.
During the next summer we will bring all the
knitted baby hats to the Kilembe Mines Hospital,
in Uganda. Each newborn will receive a knitted
babyhat.
Youcansendyourknittedbabyhatstothe
followingaddress:
D AKTARI P ROJECT VZW DaktariProject
TerLinden104
9052Zwijnaarde
Belgium
S UPPORTINGKILEMBEMINES
HOSPITALSINCE 2010
Orsupportusbymakingadonationat:
BE48748039995227
E-mail:info@daktariproject.com
Website:www.daktariproject.com
Facebook:DaktariProject
IBAN:BE48748039995227
KNITTINGPATTERNforan
easy-to-makebabyhat
HINTS:
• Babyhead0-6months:
Circumference:ca.33cmto43cm
Length:ca.14to15cm
• Usebrightcolors
• Attachacardtothehatwithamessage
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WHATDOYOUNEED:
• Materials:alotoffinewool,preferablywith
asleastaspossiblesyntheticfabrics.
• No extra strings or pompons: this can harm
thenewborns
• Knittingneedlessize3.5
METHOD:
• Step1:Caston76sticheswithknittingneedle
• Step 2: Now knit repeatedly one needle
knitwise, one needle purlwise (stockinette
stitch),untiltheclothis11cmlong.Theedge
willautomaticallycurl.Anotherwaytodothis
is to knit one stitch knitwise and one stitch
purlwise until the patch is three cm long and
then knit another eight centimeters following
the stockinette stitch as described above. In
both cases the patch must be 11 cm long.
To make the hat you must now decrease the
stitches, until only eight are left. How to do
thisisdescribedinstep3-5.
• Step 3: You keep on knitting one needle
knitwise and one purlwise. However, on the
straight needle you should make a double
instead of a single loop every five stitches.
Repeat this until the end of the needle. Now
knit a needle purlwise. On the second needle
make a double loop every four stitches and
again knit a needle purlwise. On the third
needle make a double loop every 3 stitches.
Continuethispatternuntilthereareonlyeight
stitches left on the knitting needle.
Watch out: only decrease on the straight
needle.
• Step4:Whenthereareonlyeightstitchesleft,
cut the thread of the ball of wool. Leave
approximately 10 cm to pull through the
remainingloops.Pullthethreadtight.
• Step 5: Sew the back seam with the
embroidery needle and the baby hat is now
ready!