Effect bolero jacket
Size: 36/38;
Necessary materials:
250 g for gray melange (30% wool, 28% alpaca, 22% polyamide, 20% yak wool; 110 m/50 g);
Andre no. 7 and no. 8.
Knit density: 11,5 stitches x 15,5 rows = 10 x 10 cm;
Patent margin:
Front row: The first and last 3 stitches of the row are knitted as front stitches;
Back row: The first and last 3 stitches of the row are taken on the needle without knitting, the working thread is passed in front of the stitches.
Knitting explanation:
The model presented consists of two details: the first detail is a knitted rectangle, the second detail is the collar.
The arrows in the pattern represent the direction of knitting.
On Andre no. 7, with two wires, mount on needle 54 stitches and knit in the following way:
3 stitches patent edge, 50 elastic stitches 1 x 1 (1 front eye, 1 back eye), 1 edge stitch.
After 4 rows knitted in this way, will knit with knitting needles no.8 in the following way: 3 stitches patent edge, 50 stitches jersey point, 1 edge stitch.
After 120 cm = 184 rows with jersey point will knit 4 rows with knitting needles no. 7 in the following way: 3 stitches patent edge, 50 elastic stitches 1 x 1 (1 front eye, 1 back eye), 1 edge stitch.
In the next purl row, stitches are closed.
finishing: From the edge of detail without patent pattern, after the first 7 cm and before the last 7 cm, on knitting needles no.7, mount 105 stitches and knit 18 cm = 40 rows elastic 1 x 1, after which the eyes close.
The knitted detail with jersey point is placed side over side and a seam is made on the edge of the 7 cm left free from both sides of the collar (see the pattern).