Make a second piece but reverse the shaping.

For the center strip, you will sew the sides to the back after the brim is made.

1. CO 17 stitches.
2. Work 5 rows of rib or whatever you did for the other pieces.
3. Increase 1 stitch each side Every Other Row 7 times.
4. Knit with no shaping until your at the top edge of the first bind off. What I did was take the weights off and then taking one side piece to match up as if I were sewing it up to make sure on the length.
5. Decrease 1 stitch every 4th row 4 times, then Knit 2 rows plain.
6. Bind off.

For the boy's brim you will hang the center strip as well as the side pieces with the Bind Off of the side pieces next to the center strip. NOTE: You can change the needles for the short rows to your liking, I only have what I shown in the video is all.

1. Knit 4 or 6 rows plain. Set carriage to Hold to do short rows.
2. Now put from R21 and the rest to the right of that needle to HP and knit across, put last stitch worked into HP.
3. Put from L22 and the rest to the left to HP and knit across. Put last stitch worked into HP.
4. Push 4 needles opposite carriage to HP, knit across, push last stitch knitted to HP.
5. Repeat above until approximately 10 stitches remain in Knit.
6. To Reverse Short Row, you will push 6 needles opposite the carriage from HP to FWP, Knit across, push last stitch knitted to HP.
7. Repeat above until all stitches are back to work.
8. Knit the same 4 or 6 rows as in the beginning.
9. Now you can hang the first row as I show in the girls brim, knit 1 row and then bind off or bind off and sew the last row into place, your choice.

1. Knit 4 or 6 rows plain. Set carriage to Hold to do short rows.
2. Push 4 needles opposite carriage to HP, Knit across, push last stitch knitted to HP.
3. Repeat above until you feel that the brim is wide enough.
4. To Reverse Short Row, you will push 6 needles from HP to FWP opposite the carriage side, Knit across, push last stitch knitted to HP.
5. Repeat last row until all stitches are back to work.
6. You can Bind Off and sew or hang the first row of the brim, knit one row and Bind Off.

Now for the ties, you can do an I-Cord or either sew or thread some ribbon into the brim making sure you have enough to tie under the babies chin. I will try to get photos of mine when they are completed but as most of you know I tend to go onto other things and sometimes takes a while to finish up the item. I hope that you will make some of these and either gift them or donate them to a worthy cause.

Bulky

TD6 with 4 sts and 6 rows per inch. (This gauge is not tested as of yet)

For the sides.

1. CO 15 stitches.
2. Work 4 rows of rib (or more if you wish, just remember for the other pieces).
3. Knit 2 rows even
4. *Increase 1 stitch each side ~ Knit 2 rows.
5. Increase 1 stitch on left side only ~ Knit 2 rows*.
6. Repeat from * to * 1 more times.
7. Increase 1 stitch on right side ~ Knit 4 rows.
8. Repeat last row 3 times ~ 25 stitches.
9. Knit 8 rows even.
10. Now decrease 1 stitch on left side each row for 3 rows.
11. Keep decrease on left side as above and BO 4 stitches on right side Every Other Row until approximately 14 stitches remain.
12. Bind off.
13. Make a second piece remembering to reverse the shaping.

Now for the center strip.

1. CO 12 stitches.
2. Work 4 rows of rib or whatever you did for the other pieces.
3. Increase 1 stitch each side Every Other Row 5 times.
4. Knit with no shaping until your at the top edge of the first bind off. What I did was take the weights off and then taking one side piece to match up as if I were sewing it up to make sure on the length.
5. Decrease 1 stitch every 3rd row 4 times, then Knit 2 rows plain.
6. Bind off.

Easy Short Row Baby Bonnet

Done on the Bulky machine, 3.5 stitches and 6.5 rows = 1", forget the Tension Dial setting, but this is something that can be done with different gauges and it will fit someone somewhere. Or start off with more stitches to make it larger.