What a cute & imanginative bolero - and a truly amusing description of the process. I have in mind the perfect person to give it as a gift. Thanks!

Love this. So sweet and simple. I can see this being entirely wearable, too.

I am in the processing of making this cute bolero right now. I just love it...but, I'm running into some problems. Now, I am not exactly a beginner, but I'm not an expert when it comes to knitting, so this may be totally "user error" on my part! :D I have ripped out three times now...always back to the "Knitting the Bottom Edge" part. I cast on using a Long Tail Cast-On, my preferred method in all my work. I am now at 130 stitches on my needles and when I try to start the "Knitting the Right Front" part, I don't have the same "type" of stitches in the same order the pattern says. When I try to kfb, then k1, I have to k2 to keep the rib pattern. If I don't do this, then I end up purling my knits and knitting my purls. Then, when I get to the end of the row and I ssk, I don't end up at the end of a rib, I end up splitting a rib and it doesn't look right. I get the right number of stitches listed, but not the "type" of stitches in the order listed. Any suggestions for what I'm doing wrong (or maybe did wrong in the earlier work, but don't want to rip out...which I've done twice and end up with the same thing) so that I can continue the pattern and turn out this beautiful bolero? Thanks!