This lightweight bolero from the Shetland Isles is worth every second of knitting time.

Materials: 8 ½oz.balls (main shade), 2 ½oz. balls (contrasting shade) Patons “Fuzzy Wuzzy” angora (this is the only wool which should be used); 1 pair each Nos. 9 and 12 knitting needles.

Measurements: To fit a 36-38in. bust: length at centre back, 15½in.

Tension: 6½ sts. and 9 rows to 1in., using No. 9 needles, measured over st-st.