Newborn hat and mittens

I made this cute little set for the newest addition to our family, my baby nephew Oliver.
I used a very light and soft yarn: Cashmere Cotton Silk Soy Yarn, perfect for a newborn. I didn't even know fancy yarn like that existed... Anyway, it's a pretty thin yarn (360m/100gr) so I used two threads at the same time to make the hat a little bulkier and speed it up a bit. For both garments I used a 4 mm crochet hook, but for the mittens I used a single tread.

I wanted to make a simple design with a visible pattern. So I used this cute little hat and these mittens for inspiration. Both patterns are very simple, so you can whip up a matching set in a day!

Baby Oliver looked so cute rocking his little hat...

Newborn baby hat:
Chain 4, slip st in first ch to form ring.
R1: Work 6 sc in ring – 6 sts.
R2: Work 2 sc in each st around – 12 sts.
R3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] – 18 sts.
R4: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts] – 24 sts.
R5: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts] – 30 sts.
R6: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts] – 36 sts.
R7: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts] – 42 sts.
R8: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join with slip st to top of ch 2 – 42 sts.
R9: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 sts] – 48 sts.
R10: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join with slip st to top of ch 2 – 48 sts.
R11: Sc in each st around – 48 sts.
R12: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join with slip st to top of ch 2 – 48 sts.
R13-14: Sc in each st around – 48 sts.
R15: Slip st around – 48 sts.
Fasten off.

Newborn baby mittens:
Chain 4, slip st in first ch to form ring.
R1: Work 7 sc in ring – 7 sts.
R2: Ch 2, 2hdc in each st around, join with slip st – 14 sts.
R3: Ch 2, [2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st], join with slip st  – 21 sts.
R4: Ch 2, [2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts], join with slip st – 28 sts.
R5-8: Ch 2, hdc in each st around, join with slip st – 28 sts.
R9: [Sc in next 3 sts, decrease], join with slip st – 23 sts.
R10: Ch 2, hdc in each st around, join with slip st – 23 sts.
R11: Ch 3, dc in each st around, join with slip st – 23 sts.
R12: Ch 1, [sc in next st, 3 hdc in next st, sc in next st], join with slip st  – 39 sts.
Fasten off.

Make a chain of 50 stitches or as long as you considers convenient to tie the mittens.
Weave through the row of dc and all done!
* Abbreviations used: Ch=chain, Sc=single crochet, Hdc=half double crochet, Dc=double crochet,
    Slip st=slip stitch
**You can easily change the size of your garment by choosing a bigger crochet hook, using bulkier
     yarn or both ;)