Improvised bonnet. The size turned out funny - it’s too small and long I think, but it might fit a preemie.

What I did:

• Cast on 56 sts
• Knit 3 garters (6 rows in garter stitch)
• Keep knitting the first 4 and last 4 sts in garter, knit the lace pattern over remaining 48 sts
• Repeat lace pattern 2,5 times (approx 10 cm)
• Purl 1 row
• Divide sts as follows: 17 sts - PM - 22 sts - PM - 17 sts
• Cut the yarn and move it to the start of the 22 sts
• Knit stockinette across the central sts, k2tog at the end of each row.
• When 5 sts remain at each edge, decrease 4 sts evenly across the centre sts
• Knit garter across the central sts, k2tog at the end of each row until no sts remain
• Bind off.
• Pick up 4 sts from left front. Knit strap in garter stitch.
• Sew on snap fastener on end of strap and on right side of bonnet

PM=place marker

Changes if I knit this again:

• Have considerably more stitches in the width of the bonnet (around 96 (needs to be divisible by 6)) for a normal newborn size.
• For a snugger fit around the face, CO 10 sts less than intended width of bonnet, knit garter sts, then inc 10 sts
• Length before decreases: around 12 cm(?)
• I will also consider knitting the strap(s) at the same time by casting on the length of 1 strap+the length of the bonnet, knitting across all of them in garter stitch and then binding off the strap sts before continuing with the actual bonnet.