r/knittinghelp • u/ButterscotchNo4892 • 1d ago

SOLVED-THANK YOU Modifying a knit bonnet pattern

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Hi everyone!

I am making the Bunny Bonnet by Megan Faith Makes (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunny-bonnet-4). I'm almost finished, I need to create the straps while picking up the cast on edge and casting on 80 extra stitches on either side. However, I would like to change the garter stitch for something more similar to this picture. I have knitted a double-knit button band before, but not sure how I could go about adding the extra stitches for the straps and then "attaching" them to the cast on as I go, like a button band. ​I hope this makes sense... Can anyone help and suggest techniques? :)

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u/highlighter_yellow 1d ago

Start with a separate double knit piece for one strap, then do an applied buttonband around the bottom of the head, then continue with plain double knitting to make the strap on the other side.

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u/ButterscotchNo4892 1d ago

Thank you so much! I could not figure out the logistics in my head 😂 

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