A short jacket with a short sleeve is an extremely useful piece of clothing. For many girls, boleros and short blouses became almost indispensable. Due to the wide possibilities that open before knitters, the wardrobe can be enriched with warm short vests, spring jackets and short summer wraps.
How can I knit a short sweater?
There are a lot of models of blouses. Their number is annually replenished with a huge number of designer products and independent developments of craftswomen around the world. Thanks to the World Wide Web, all knitting lovers can use what has ever been posted on the net. Therefore, many women's sweaters resemble popular trends or, conversely, belong to classic models.
Bolero can be connected in several ways, among which two are most popular:
- Making a blouse in the traditional way.
- Work on a simplified pattern (rectangle).
The first method involves knitting shortened parts of the front, back and sleeves. The second is to make a rectangle with its subsequent stitching in a certain way.
Short jacket with a short sleeve: a classical method
Such products can be knitted with a single piece of fabric around. In this case, they begin to create them from the neck and add loops to exit to the raglan sleeve. These women's sweaters can be decorated with an openwork yoke, as in the photo, or be very simple.
Quite widespread are models, the main details of which are connected by a simple loin net, and the main decorative role is assigned to a wide harness. By the way, it is openwork trim that is a hallmark of a bolero. This element is present in almost all models.
The classic method of manufacturing blouses is excellent for those craftswomen who prefer to work with knitting needles. When using thick cotton or viscose, you can get a very interesting short jacket with knitting needles. Thick yarn emphasizes the texture of the thread.
A simple method for knitting a short blouse
Any yarn without exception is suitable for such work. Depending on its thickness and composition, the craftswoman chooses a pattern and style. The jacket is short, crocheted, depicted in the following photo, made of very thin yarn (about 550 m / 100 grams).
In total, 200 grams of material was needed.
As follows from the diagram, the pattern of the only part of the bolero consists of a rectangle.
Its dimensions are indicated on the drawing. The sleeve length can be adjusted at your discretion, as well as other parameters. The total length of the sleeve in the diagram is equal to twenty centimeters of canvas and seven centimeters of strapping (total 27 cm). If the craftswoman needs a short jacket with a short sleeve, she should knit a rectangle 54 cm long + the planned length of the sleeve. The recommended value is 5-10 cm, then with a strapping the sleeve will be 12-17 cm.
The width of the web is calculated when measuring the girth of the hand. For size 44-46, you can use the numbers shown in the diagram. In order not to be mistaken with the number of rapports, you need to associate a control sample.
Beginning of work
Link a chain of 133 air loops (VP) to work with seven rapports and three more loops to climb. Next, the bolero is knitted as follows:
- They work by checking the diagram of the main pattern (pictured left). Knit directly without additions and cuts to a height of 47 cm.
- Then the work is stopped and returned to the typing edge. Along the initial chain of VP, they knit the same rectangle as before, but in the opposite direction. In the diagram, the required direction is indicated by arrows.
- When the main part is ready, it is sewn along the long edges of 20 cm on one and the other side (or the planned length of the sleeve).
- The resulting product must be tied. First of all, you need to perform one row of single crochet columns along all open edges of the canvas.
- Then, along the circumference of one of the sleeves, all ten rows of strapping are performed. It is necessary to ensure that it does not pull together the part, but also looks like ruffles.
- The same actions will need to be repeated to form the second sleeve and for the circular line of the top and bottom.
Knitting finish
At the last stage, you need to fill and trim all the ponytails. Then the bolero should be flushed with steam from the iron, avoiding direct contact of its sole with the canvas.
Under the influence of temperature, the knitting becomes uniform. If the thread is very soft, before heat treatment, lay the product on a flat surface and pin it with pins.
Ready-made short jacket with a short sleeve will perfectly serve on cool summer days for going to work or somewhere after it.