how to knit the perfect bonnet 🩵 a beginner friendly step by step tutorial (& free written pattern)

[@pavlakoznarova217]

I’m just at the bottom ribbing part adding up the number of stitches I need to pick up and I notice you added up 16+36+16+36 to 118. When I count it’s 104 or am I missing something? 😅 Otherwise the pattern is great ☺️

[@JaneDoe1995]

2*16 + 2*36 is 104, not sure what's going on

[@CinemaKnits]

@@pavlakoznarova217 l will get back to you this evening!! Thanks for flagging this - the perils of an untested pattern & gcse maths 😅

[@CinemaKnits]

Just got to this - you’re right, I did the maths wrong in the video. The equation is right (work out two thirds of your total number of rows and add the 28 stitches from the back panel) but I made a mistake with the arithmetic! Thanks so much for pointing it out, I will pin this comment and also take it into account when writing up the pattern for testing eventually! If you follow the actual numbers I give in the written pattern (108 stitches - 40 along one side, then 28 on the back, then 40 along the other side) you’ll get the same result as me!

[@jenntube15]

Hello✨ I am following this tutorial as my first serious knitting project. I just finished the main body, currently working on the ribbing. Thank you very much for it and your dedication to explaining the process. I hope mine comes out really cute. I am doing it in red. Hugs from Costa Rica🐞

[@deadknittersociety]

Your channel, and your videos, inspired and gave me the confidence to upload some of my own, and actually act on a pod idea I had floating around. I love that you are so brave and just make the things you love, and write your own patterns. Keep them coming!

[@CinemaKnits]

This made my day. Thank you so much and I am so glad I inspired you!! Off to watch your videos ❤️

[@rinskeverberg]

I was going to say I have no desire to turn myself into a giant baby, but then you put on the one that's for your sister and now I'm thinking maybe I do. (and congrats on 500 subscribers!)

[@CinemaKnits]

Do itttt! I do think the thicker ribbing and neutral colour (ie. not a colour with the literal word “baby” in front of it) helps the white version look a little more adult. I love both version! 🐣🍼🎀

[@char-ms2wh]

Thank you for this! Just finished this as my second knitting project ever :)

[@avery996789]

I’m making this is my first big knitting project and I’m almost done, so far I love it! Just need to add the bottom ribbing and ribbon

[@CinemaKnits]

Omgggg! Please send pics when you’re done!

[@LuanaBatista-h6w]

Love this. I was just telling myself earlier today that I wanted to knit a bonnet and then youtube recommended me this video. Great timing :DD

[@CinemaKnits]

I am so glad!!! Let me know how it goes ❤️

[@lilipazmandi-plander2744]

same!!

[@oliviapayne3978]

Currently continuing the main body, it's going pretty well! This is my first ever 'proper' knitting project (other than scarves) and I'm excited to see how it turns out :) I found picking up the stitches the hardest bit so far, really really fiddly... might be because my wool's a little thin? Thanks for such a great tutorial!!

[@CinemaKnits]

@@oliviapayne3978 picking up stitches is really fiddly!! I am So glad you’re making it and please send me pics!!

[@LaceJellyfish]

This is so super cute! Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@CinemaKnits]

You’re welcome! 🥰

[@francinecarbonneau2135]

Nice 🤩

[@kittenheelswithbow]

Hi! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@CinemaKnits]

@@kittenheelswithbow not quite sure I can picture that but I think it would work?

[@Friedenrike]

I am stuck now at 24:17 where you are picking up stitches. Maybe I did something wrong with the stockinette stitches but my edges look loose and all over the place for the purl stitch side and I am not seeing where I should insert the needle to pick up stitches 😮‍💨 i was thinking of cleaning up the edges by slipping the first stitch on the knit side and for the purl side slipping the first one and knitting the last one of the row. I read that this way one gets cleaner edges. Do you think that works? :) Thank you so much for this tutorial! It will take some time for me to finish this but I am really enjoying the process :D P.S.: Sorry for my English! Writing from Germany

[@CinemaKnits]

Hello! If you are having trouble I have linked to a video that shows how to pick up stitches properly - the link is in the description

[@jorieb3771]

First knitting project! When you pick up the first 40sts, then put the needle through the 16 that are on hold, how do you keep the working yarn going through the 16 ?

[@CinemaKnits]

Knit the stitches with the working yarn :)

[@SenemFeza]

Hello😊

[@kumikowi]

Hi! I have a question about when you pick up stitches. In the video description you say to pick up from the right side of your work (when looking at the correct side) but in the video you start from the left side. Does it just not matter from which bottom end you start? I hope my phrasing makes sense haha

[@kumikowi]

I figured it out :) I've just started on the main body now and I'm really excited to see it done eventually :D

[@CinemaKnits]

Apologies for not seeing this, I have been unwell! I am glad you figured it out!

[@fraukelemaire3124]

Hi! lovely tutorial. I am just a little confused at one of the steps. Correct me if I'm wrong (I am not a very experienced knitter) but when you start to pick up stitches, your explanation in the description box says 'With the right side of the work facing you, begin at the bottom right corner of the work'. But in the video it looks like you are beginning at the left bottom... Does it make any difference?

[@fraukelemaire3124]

ok, looking at the next step in the video, it seems like you did start at the right bottom corner... i am really confused

[@CinemaKnits]

@@fraukelemaire3124 pick up stitches in whichever way works for you - if you go right to left you’ll be starting on a ws row, if you go left to right you’ll be starting on a rs row - apart from that it doesn’t make a difference.

[@hyon861]

Hello! I'm knitting beginner from Japan. I have a question for you. Do you include the Cast on stitches in the 28 stiches?

[@CinemaKnits]

@@hyon861 no, the cast on row doesn’t count, the first row you actually knit is row 1 ❤️

[@undralaa08]

Sorry, first 20×30 stiches what was for? :3❤😊

[@CinemaKnits]

What do you mean?

[@hyon861]

I tried to make it once, but the back panel was too small to wear a hat. I think I made the wrong size... Can you tell me the width and height of the back panel?I'll challenge again🌟

[@hyon861]

I'm going to measure it with a ruler and make it!

[@CinemaKnits]

@@hyon861 did you meet gauge when you gauge swatched? If so you should be fine! The back panel should not be hat-sized - it’s just the back panel of the whole bonnet, you build out the rest of the bonnet afterward :)

[@hyon861]

@@CinemaKnits Thank you for your reply. The exact same yarn is not sold in Japan, so I knitted it with yarn with a slightly different gauge. Therefore, I would like to measure the width and height of the back panel with a measure(ruler).Can you measure the size (width and height) of the back panel only?🥹

[@CinemaKnits]

@ I can’t, apologies, I am travelling, but I do talk about measurements in the video. If your gauge is different the whole pattern is going to be different - you don’t need to use the same yarn, just a dk weight yarn and whichever needle works to get roughly the same gauge ❤️

[@paulinamorfin9820]

Hello! I'm knitting beginner, and i have a question. Im only on my 4th row of the firts 28 rows, im knitting one row and the next is a purl row, but im confused because yours looks like you only made knitting rows. im just confused that mine does not look exactly like yours haha

[@CinemaKnits]

@@paulinamorfin9820 you’re working back and forth, knitting on the right side and purling on the wrong side, to create stockinette stitch :)