​Ideal Bolero For Dress With Pearls

You'll need:

ANGORA GOLD 102 yarn (10% mohair, 10% wool, 80% acryl; 550m/100g) - 2 skeins

Knitting needles 5

Hook 1

20 threads with pearl beads

Instructions

1. Start knitting with yoke in 2 threads yarn. Cast on 30 sts and start knitting with garter stitch.

2. Knit 20 sts and turn your work, don't knit 10 last sts of neck hole and turn your work again.

3. In 3rd row knit a row of 10 sts near the neck hole.

4. Knit, rotating the previous steps till you the quantity of garter stitch ribs near the neck hole (from 10 sts) is 56, then knit backward.

5. From the lower edge of yoke crochet a row of 5 cs and 1 bead by turn.

6. In 2nd row make a chain of 5 cs, draw 4 long sts from 1 st, make 1 cs between them, make a chain of 5 cs, then draw 4 long sts again. In such a way you'll get 1 pattern. Repeat long sts from arches to end of row.

7. In 3rd row make 1 row of half single crochets, string the beads (1 bead after each half crochet).

8. Make 4th row the same as 2nd row.

9. In 5th row (making 2nd row from patterns) crochet first 4 patterns with half single crochets. For making arm holes, skip 7 patterns, make a chain of 18 cs, continue work with 8th pattern. Crochet 7 patterns, then skip 7 patterns, make a chain of 18 cs and finish with crochetting the last 4 patterns.

10. Under chains of 18 sts make 2 patterns. After 6th row, make 1 row of half single crochets.

11. Crochet 3 more patterns in height, rotating 1 row of pattern and 1 row of half single crochets and finish your work.

Colar

Make a chain of 14 cs, string the beads. Crochet 11 half single crochets with 1 bead in each half crochet. Crochet, increasing 1 half single crochet from one side to width is 9 cm. Crochet 24 cm without increases. Continue work, decreasing 1 half single crochet from the same side until you get the needed width, then finish your work. Sew the colar ti the yoke. Crochet front edges of your bolero with half single crochets with beads. Make a loop and sew a button to the bolero.