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 1st front and cast on 37 sts to the center and the 2nd 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 2nd 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.