Pattern help - Moda dea bolero

[sewmom]

HELP! I am trying to make my first structured garment (this bolero pattern) and the stitch is working up great, but the gauge is too big - not usually a problem of mine.

 

I substituted Caron's Simply Soft for the Beadnik because I had it on hand, and I find that it usually works up as a thin 4-weight yarn. I have already gone down a hook size to a "G". The gauge size should be 4X4 and mine is 5 X 4 1/2. I'm afraid that if I go down one more hook size, I will lose the airiness the pattern is supposed to have.

 

I have frogged it once because it was too tall (heighth-wise), and it will be again. It's already 15" tall and I have 15 more rows to go. The width difference isn't really a problem, as I'm pretty busty.

 

Do I need to give up on SS and use a thinner yarn, like a baby weight? The pattern works up so easily and quickly that I don't mind frogging.

 

Here is a pic of the one front side so far for reference.

Bolero Front

 

Any suggestions are welcome!

[Hounddog]

Maybe you could use the instructions for the smaller size with the H hook and the SS and then it would be shorter. Just a thought

Darlene

[crochetingfool]

I would use a smaller hook as well.

Linda

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[wildthing1058]

I have the beadnik at home and looking at it it is more like baby yarn in thickness you might be able to get away with sport too but I would use a baby sport