
Pattern: Cloud bolero by Ysolda
Needles: US11
Yarn: Cascade Pastaza bought at Article Pract
Started: April 4, 2009
Finished: Sept. 25, 2009
(ravelry link)
After seeing a bunch of awesome cloud cardigans on Ravelry (this and this are some of my favorites), I knew I wanted to make this adaptation of Ysolda's bolero. I had to rip this out and restart it once because somehow my placement of the stitch markers was off and I couldn't figure out where I went wrong. But once I started over it was smooth sailing. I'd read that the arm holes were really large as written so I only cast on 4 stitches instead of 12 as the pattern stated. The arm holes are still large and I easily could have gone without casting on any extra stitches under the arm. Also, I got carried away with the straightaway part and it turned out longer than I'd originally wanted. But I think I like it.


I'm not sure how much opportunity I'll have to wear this, but it is definitely one of the most wearable items that I've knit. The only thing I'm not sure about with this knit is the closure. In these pics I've just threaded a single blue ribbon through both sides and tied it together. But I also have two great buttons that I could sew on to close it from the top down. The pattern didn't have buttonholes written into it, so I'd have to see what I could work out, but its a fairly loose knit done on big needles so I think it would work.


OK, that's it. The Big Montana Tunic is close to done, so I hope to finish it before the end of the year. And the Milkweed Shawl is finally coming along (knock on wood). I've had to rip and restart this shawl three or four times already. But this time it seems to be going well.





















