The main problem with it is that it's too small across the shoulders, you can see how the shoulder seam pulls outwards in this photo.
The neckline isn't sitting very well either. In the pattern photo it's quite a wide boat-neck.
And then when I stretch my arm out it pulls again!
To me it looks like the sleeve line needs to come down at a steeper angle. So I have no idea why this has happened - is it a FBA issue? Should I have made the sleeves a bit wider? I don't know! I'm tempted to go back and get some more fabric and try again with a different pattern because I'd really like a tshirt I can wear on its own! I've got the Cal Patch 'Design-It-Yourself-Clothes' and Wendy Mullins' 'Sew-U Stretch' and I think I'm going to just draft my own pattern dammit, enough stuffing around with trying to adjust a pattern to fit me when I could do it from scratch and end up with something decent from the word go. Or at least better than this :P
Sew-U Stretch sounds like a fascinating book. I think drafting a pattern might be the best option. I have Cal Patch's book out from the library right now, but the patterns seem designed for woven fabric, not knits.
ReplyDeleteThe shirt is cute, but I definitely see what you mean about the sleeve and neckline issues. I always get frustrated when patterns don't turn out as illustrated.
snap! I've also started a boatneck knit top, had to make many adjustments today. will post photos next week, as I'm so very busy this week :) I like the idea of darts in t-shirts, it's unusual but makes so much sense...
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not terribly awful but it's not great either! I've seen plenty of
ReplyDeletepeople wearing worse on the street but I don't really want to join them. My
plan is to draft up the tshirt using Cal Patch (as I've made one from Sew U
and the fit wasn't great) and then use that basic pattern for the
alterations in Sew U. Yes, I think it's arm scythe - it's a cool-sounding
term I've always thought. Kind of dangerous.
I made a tshirt from Sew U a year or so ago and wasn't thrilled with the fit
ReplyDelete- it's been relegated to pyjama top! I've just drafted up a tshirt from
Design Your Own Clothes so will see how it goes tomorrow if I have time!
That's the great thing about tshirts though, they're super fast once you've
got the pattern sorted. And I'd definitely have given up by now if there
wasn't a challenge on!
And I'm sure it's no more fun than a FBA either!
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