Light up the dark autumn and winter times with a sparkling bonnet! The Disco Bonnet is a fun yet practical head piece meant to have just the right fit to provide both warmth and style to an outfit!

It is made holding 3 threads of yarn together, a combination of light fingering, lace & sport weight, worked on US 6 / 4 mm needles with the head part of the bonnet being in stockinette. 1x1 ribbing is worked at the end on US 2.5 / 3 mm needles to bring in the fit. The border and ties are worked in garter stitch on US 2.5 / 3 mm needles. The ties are made till the appropriate length is reached then it is attached to the bonnet as a border.

Sizes
One size
The bonnet has a negative ease of 1-2.5”/ 2.5-6 cm.

Yarn amounts
Note: If you have decided to add/take out length from any part of the pattern, the required yardage will be affected. Three strands of yarn are held together in the pattern

50 g or 246 yds/ 225 m of fingering weight yarn.
25 g or 232 yds / 212 m of lace weight yarn.
and
55 g or 168 yds / 154 m of sport weight yarn.

or
70 g or 268 yds / 245 m of sport weight yarn.
and
55 g or 168 yds / 154 m of sport weight yarn.

Yarn used

Beige Gold Sample
Sandness Garn Tynn Peer Gynt in colour 2321 Marsipan (100% Norwegian wool),224 yds / 1.8 oz / 205 m / 50 g
Gepard Kid Seta in colour 103 Ivory Beige (70% Super kid mohair, 30% Shappe silk), 230 yds/0.9 oz / 210 m / 25 g
Sandnes Garn Paljett in colour 1120 Gold Digger (55% cotton, 45% polyester), 153 yds / 1.8 oz / 140 m / 50 g

White/Grey Sample
Fonty Moustache in colour 408 (50% fine merino, 30% super kid mohair, 20% silk), 246 yds / 1.8 oz / 225 m / 50 g
Sunday Knitting Club Silk-Mohair in colour 001 Another day in paradise (70% Super Kid Mohair, 30% Mulberry Silk) 232 yds / 0.9 oz / 212 m / 25 g
Sandnes Garn Paljett in colour 1120 Silver Spoon (55% cotton, 45% polyester), 153 yds / 1.8 oz / 140 m / 50 g

Notions
darning needle
locking stitch markers

Techniques used in the pattern
Stockinette stitch flat
Decreases (K2tog, SSK)
Long tail cast on
I cord edges
Standard bind off