How to Knit a Stylish Bolero

You’ll Need:

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

Straight and circular knitting needles size 4.5.

Note:

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

Used Patterns

Rib A:

Rib B:

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 the criss-cross method and work with rib A. In 38.5 cm = 108 rows from the set-up row, draw the selvage st through the next and previous st and leave the remaining 81 sts.

Left Sleeve with Front

Cast on 69 sts using the criss-cross method and work with rib A, starting and finishing with 2 knit sts between the 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 according to the ornament for the 1^st front, and cast on 37 sts to the center and the 2^nd front at the end of the row = 71 sts. Divide the sts in the next WS row as follows: 1 selvage st, 33 sts of rib A, starting and finishing 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, starting and finishing 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 as follows: make knit2tog before the central 3 sts and make broaching after the central 3 sts. In 23 cm = 64 rows from the beginning of front, leave the remaining 7 sts.

Right Sleeve with Front

Make symmetrically to the left sleeve with front.

Assembly

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