Ribbed Lace Bolero Knitalong

[Eliea]

So a few of us from Shop the swap are starting this project all at once. I thought perhaps there might be others Who'd want to join us in the knit-a-long!

(phot belongs to tragicheronie)
I personally HAVE to finish mine by the 7th of May. I need to wear it for my sisters wedding the next day.

The pattern is here:
http://kellymaher.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/ribbed-lace-bolero/
And it's by one of craftster's own members tragicheroine.

[lapoli]

Oh, you can totally do this by May 7th!

[snips and snails]

 
This bolero is so incredibly cute and I am seriously considering learning how to knit so I can have one of these in yellow.

[loudxmouse]

hahah

awesommmmmmeee

of course I am in, since I am already knitting it.

what yarn are you using?  I went the cheap/easy route and used cotton ease.

[Eliea]

I couldn't find cotton ease so I bought hobby lobby's I love this cotton. Yeah still cheap. lol. My dress is a blue dip dye with a paisley print on top. So I picked a muted shade of blue. I also think I can wear it with jeans due to the color.

loudxmouse- YEAH! I knew I could rope you in. Though you'll probably be done in like 3 days with your knitting speed!

lapoi- thanks for the encouragement. I am a slow knitter but I think I can do it by then! I learned norwiegin purling so I'm a little faster. I've never picked up stitches (which I understand is needed for the edging.) but I know I can do it if I put my mind to it!

This bolero is so incredibly cute and I am seriously considering learning how to knit so I can have one of these in yellow.

You can totally learn. I learned almost entirely online. I also bought the Knitting book "stitch n bitch" after borrowing it from the library(for a test drive. lol) between the two I learned really quickly! I'm sure you can too!
knittinghelp.com is the best as is youtube. They both have videos for just about anything but I know knittinghelp.com has them in an easy to follow format.

I Did the math today for this and plan to cast on tomorrow.

[SciFunk]

This has been on my list of projects for so long, but I really should finish the lap blanket I'm halfway done with before I start anything else. I will probably re-visit this thread for inspiration/tips once I do start it, though. It would be awesome if you ladies told me how much yarn you wind up using (as well as the weight, if it differs from the pattern).

[Alchamy513]

I am the slowest knitter, but this was one of the first knit patterns that really made me want to learn! I need some yarn, I have the needles... I'll definitely think about it!

[Eliea]

My yarn is 4 skeins of i love this cotton from hobby lobby. It's a number 4 worsted weight. I'll let you know how much I use. I'm worried I may not have bought enough right now as the directions on the website say 2 skeins of cotton-ease and on ravelry it didn't specify just had a number of yards so that's what I went with. Will keep you all posted! 

[loves2experiment]

Eliea, I knitted one in a deep red colour for Fall and enjoyed wearing it! 

Now that you started the KAL, I might have to see if I have suitable yarn in my stash (trying my darnest to be good and not buy more yarn ) and knit another one for Spring and Dooler summer evenings  

Anyhow, I'll be checking this thread to follow the progress of your bolero!!

[DizzerSpinninRound]

I never seem to have enough yarn in any particular color to do anything I have some of Hobby Lobby's I love this yarn acrylic in black with silver sparkle that I would love to use for this, hopefully its enough:P I haven't tried HL's cotton yarn yet, been tempted but they never had enough of any one particular color that I wanted (seems to be a popular yarn choice in my area).