What's the maximum stitches in the largest row in Anne's pattern? The pattern I use goes up to 180 sts for a few rows then decreases for the crown. I also eliminated the ribbon band. I knit flat for 6 rows, then join in the round a k 7 rnds. On the 8th rnd I pick up the cast-on edge, and k 1 st from the live needle tog with 1 st from the picked-up sts. This makes a tube with a little gap in it. I then keep working the rest of the bonnet. To felt it, I slip a length of ribbon through the tube and tie its ends together, then felt the bonnet. The ribbon inside the tube prevents it felting together.