Tie an openwork bolero for girls with knitting needles

Want your little daughter to look like a princess? Tie a cloak over her shoulders for her - an openwork bolero. Spokes can be performed simply stunning patterns. This wardrobe item may become a favorite thing for a small fashionista and a universal "wand-pin", since it can be worn at any time of the year. The cape looks beautiful over a light dress in cool weather in the summer, and in winter can replace a waistcoat. Binding bolero for girls with knitting needles or crochet is easy and even for beginner needlewomen.

From the history of the bolero

A small cape is an original Spanish garment, as it has for centuries been an indispensable part of the national toreador costume. This type of clothing appeared in the XVIII century and looked like a lightweight short jacket, without fasteners and sleeves. Later, European women of fashion deserved credit for this new extravagant little thing that made the female image chaste, coquettishly covering the decollete zone. Bolero is also closely associated with the dance of the same name, having the size of a measure of three to four. The same proportion is mainly characteristic of small overcoats on the shoulders. Modern fashion designers made the jacket truly popular. From the general image of the old bolero remained only the length, and the variety of models amaze the imagination: knitted and knitted, sewn from cotton or denim, with short sleeves and without them, resembling a vest or collar in shape. Choose your favorite style with a variety of finishes is not difficult. At the same time, performing bolero for the girl with knitting needles, it is very appropriate to use lace drawings, decoration with ruffles, ribbons, beads. We offer for work a romantic model for small women of fashion in the form of a small cloak on the shoulders.

How to bind bolero for girls with knitting needles

At first it is desirable to make a pattern of a product that during knitting to consider necessary expansion and width of a cloth. See the approximate description of knitting bolero knitting. Schemes for the work is not required, since the main thing is to understand the principle of knitting. Adding the necessary number of loops and rows, you will get a product of a larger size. If you want to get a few drop-down cloaks from your shoulders, knit the maximum number of loops of the proposed description. With a minimal calculation, your bolero will look more like an open-work collar.

For the production of yarn 100-150 grams, knitting needles 2.5.

1. Type 15 spokes on the spokes and tie 2 rows of garter stitch.
2. Then knitting is divided into three parts:

- 1 part of the neck - 5-10 loops, somewhat tightened due to the fact that every 2 rows it will not be tied. It is tied with garter stitch.

- 2 part, consisting of 5-10 loops, is knit, alternating in 4-6 rows with face loops, then purl. Due to this, the "harmonica" effect is obtained.

- Part 3 - openwork edge, consists of 5-10 loops. By means of knitting and loosening of loops, "denticles" are obtained. Also, thanks to the increase of the loops, the necessary expansion takes place, due to which the bolero acquires the shape of a "semicircle".

3. Doing fitting on the way of work, finish knitting symmetrically to the beginning. If desired, doing this bolero for the girl, you can use the knitting needles to sew the shuttlecock and sew it on the bottom, or you can decorate it with a lace, passing it into 1 part of the knitting. A beautiful brooch will also be very handy.

Did not it turn out to be original? Fantasize and please the little fashionista with new stylish things.