Pink Knit Bolero

You’ll need:

300g of pink Airmix yarn (62% merino wool, 30% cotton, 8% polyamide; 140m/50g);

Straight and circular knitting needles 4,5.

Note: knit bolero in 3 parts: back, left and right sleeve with the corresponding half of front, start with lower edge of sleeve.

Used Patterns

Rib A: * 3 knit sts, 3 purls*; repeat from * to *, 3 knit sts. In WS rows – make sts due to the ornament;

Rib B: * 1 knit st, 1 purl*; repeat from * to *, 1 knit st. In WS rows – make sts due to the ornament.

Stitches control: rib A: 18 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm;

Rib B: 18 sts x 31 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Cast on 83 sts with criss-cross method and work with rib A. In 38,5 cm = 108 rows from the set-up row, draw selvage st through the next and previous st and leave the rest 81 sts.

Left Sleeve with Front

Cast on 69 sts criss-cross method and work with rib A, start and finish with 2 knit sts between selvage st. In 39,5 cm = 110 rows from the set-up row, bind off the first 32 sts, leave the next 3 sts for the collar, make the next 34 sts due to the ornament for the 1^st front and cast on 37 sts to the center and the 2^nd front in the end of row = 71 sts. Divide the sts in the next WS row in the following way: 1 selvage st, 33 sts of rib A, start and finish with 3 purls, make 3 sts of rib B in the center (= 1 knit st, 1 purl, 1 knit st), 33 sts of rib A, start and finish with 3 purls, 1 selvage st. Bind off 1 x 2 sts for the corner in the next RS row, then, 31 x 2 sts in every RS row in the following way: make knit2tog before the central 3 sts and make broaching after the centreal 3 sts. In 23 cm = 64 rows from the beginning of front, leave the rest 7 sts.

Right Sleeve with Front

Make in symmetry to the left sleeve with front.

Assembly

Sew the back edges of sleeves back to the upper edges of back. Sew the set-up edge of front to the lower edges of back. Make sleeves seams. Include the previously left 81 sts of back in work for the collar, increase 1 st from both sides, then, previously left 3 sts of sleeves from both sides. Work with rib B on all the 89 sts, cast on 30 x 2 sts in every 2^nd row from both sides along the chamfers, include the increased sts in the pattern = 209 sts. In 20 cm = 62 rows from the beginning of collar, bind off the sts due to the ornament. Include the previously left 7 sts of front in work and work with rib B between selvage sts. In 30 cm, bind off all the sts due to the ornament.