"Baby Tomato" Newborn Cap

Materials:
2oz red worsted weight cotton
small amount green worsted weight cotton
G hook


Gauge: rnds 1-3 measure 2"

Finished size: 5" from top center to bottom edge when laying flat, not including brim. 6 3/4" from side to side of bottom edge, not including brim.

Abbreviations:
flo=front loop only
hdc2tog (hdc dec)=yarn over, insert hook in specified stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, insert in next st, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through all loops.


With Red, ch 2.
Rnd 1: 9 hdc in 2nd ch from hook, join with sl st in 1st hdc (9).
Rnd 2: 2 hdc in each st around (18).
Rnd 3: (hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st) repeat around, join with sl st in 1st hdc (27).
Rnd 4: (hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st) repeat around, join with sl st in 1st hdc (36).
Rnd 5: (hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st) repeat around, join with sl st in 1st hdc (45).
Rnd 6: (hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st) repeat around, join with sl st in 1st hdc (54).
Rnd 7-?: hdc around, join with sl st in 1st hdc, fasten off, weave in ends (54 each rnd).


Brim:
Row 1: Join with a sl st in flo several sts away from last st so that beg and ends of previous rows are not directly in front. ch 1, hdc in flo of same st and next 21 sts.
Row 2: ch 1, hdc2tog over next 2 sts, hdc in next 18 sts, hdc2tog over next 2 sts, do not fasten off.


Border:
Rnd 17: ch 1, sc in the side of the next 2 rows, sl st in corner where row 1 of brim and rnd 14 meet, sl st in next 3 sts, sc in next st, hdc in next 24 sts, sc in next st, sl st in next 3 sts, sl st in corner where row 1 of brim and rnd 14 meet, sc in the side of next two rows, 2 hdc in next corner, hdc in next 20 sts of edge of brim, 2 hdc in next st, join with sl st in 1st sc, end off, weave in ends.


Stem:
With Green, ch 2.
Rnd 1: 9 sc in 2nd ch from hook (9).
Rnd 2-4: sc around, join with sl st in next st at end of rnd 4 (9 each rnd)
Rnd 5: (ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next st, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, sl st in flo of next st of rnd 4) repeat around, fasten off, weave in ends. Sew stem to hat between rnds 1 and 2 of hat, sewing through back loops of stem. Tack down leaves.