Description

Baby Bonnet – 1916 Crochet Pattern: Instant PDF Download

Size: 6 months to 1 year

Some vintage crochet patterns are worth keeping simply for how beautifully they age, and this 1916 baby bonnet is exactly that kind of keepsake. Worked in fine fingering/sock yarn, it builds a delicate lace cap using roll-stitches and bean-stitches in place of ordinary treble crochet, giving the crown a raised, textured look before it opens into an airy mesh. Leaf stitch detailing and a row of little crocheted flowers trim the brim, and the whole bonnet is finished with soft rosettes and ribbon ties. It’s a lovely top-down project for anyone who wants a genuinely antique baby crochet pattern for a christening, shower gift, or keepsake box.

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Design & Construction Details

Skill Level: Advanced.
Construction: Begins with a small foundation ring at the crown and is worked top-down in rounds of roll-stitches and bean-stitches; the crown rounds increase outward into a scalloped edge, then the piece is shaped for the front, neck band, and shell trim, finishing with rosettes and ties.
Finished Measurements: Fits babies 6 months to 1 year.
Pattern Style: Written in period (1916) crochet terms and abbreviations, without stitch charts.
Stitches: Chain, slip stitch, treble crochet, roll-stitch, bean-stitch, shell, picot.

Recommended Materials & Tools

Yarn: Fingering/sock weight — approximately 270 yards of silk or silk-finished crochet cotton (No. 10 or No. 15 mercerized thread gives a larger bonnet).
Use modern fingering-weight cotton or crochet thread such as Aunt Lydia’s Size 10 Classic Cotton Crochet Thread or DMC Cebelia Cotton Thread Size 30.
Crochet Hook Size: Fine steel hook sized to your thread, worked at an even, not-too-tight tension, is recommended.
Notions: Tapestry needle for weaving in ends; ribbon or mull for ties; rosette trims.

This is a digitally restored PDF crochet pattern

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