{"id":6836,"date":"2020-11-02T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/?p=6836"},"modified":"2020-11-02T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:46:33","slug":"comfort-knits-for-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fabricville.com\/en\/comfort-knits-for-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort knits for Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some sewists start with an idea, some with a pattern, but I start with the fabric.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

I browse and feel the fabric (these days in my mask, trying hard to keep my glasses from fogging up) and I decide what my hands want to work with. \"\"<\/p>\r\n

This fall I was particularly inspired by the range of knit fabrics I saw at my local Fabricville at the bottom of my street. I definitely feel that these days require highly comfortable easy-to-sew clothes. I know it’s what I will be wearing in my currently home-based life, and my mood is in a relaxing sewing mode. There are no high stress projects going on in this house that’s for sure.<\/p>\r\n

These two knit fabrics caught my eye, and even better they coordinate. The first was this really lovely sweater knit .<\/a><\/p>\r\n

It’s 50% rayon, 28% nylon, 22% polyester but really feels like a natural fiber knit. I actually was planning to hand knit<\/em> a red cardigan, was feeling like this was something I needed, but since I am the world’s slowest hand knitter I was delighted to see this in yardage.<\/p>\r\n

The pattern I choose was one I have made before and knew would work, Jalie’s Charlotte cardigan<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n

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It’s a great versatile pattern that I adapted to the more slouchy look I wanted by adding about 6 inches (15 cm) to the length.<\/p>\r\n

This cardigan requires buttons. However I really didn’t want to interfere with the softness of the fabric with a buttonhole so instead I used those larger snaps that are now available. I am so glad someone thought of these snaps – such a nice alternative to buttons and buttonholes in many fabrics. Note I used a Wooly nylon thread in the loopers of my serger to get more complete coverage of the edges of the knit fabric on the inside of the button band.<\/p>\r\n

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Of course when you sew on these snaps right through as I did for stability, some of the hand stitching will show on the right side of the garment. When the fabric has loft, as of course this one does, I think that looks fine:<\/p>\r\n

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For the dress to go with this cardigan (definitely a comfort wear ensemble but really what else is appropriate for 2020?) I chose another Jalie pattern, this one the Nicole dress<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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To be honest the first time I made this dress a year ago I felt it didn’t suit me. I sewed it up in my regular size, working from the bust measurement, but as you can see it’s a fairly fitted pattern. My first attempt with this pattern articulated my mid section more than I really felt was useful, if you get my drift.<\/p>\r\n

However I really I did like the style a lot so I implemented a strategy I am using more and more with my Jalie patterns that have a very body conscious fit with minimal ease. What I do is figure out how wide I want the garment to be (I measured an old and favourite knit dress) and then use that<\/em> measurement as the match for the body measurement in a particular size. So for this dress I ended up going up two sizes to get the exact number I wanted. The really nice thing about Jalie is that there are so many pattern sizes and as they only go up by 1 inch (2.5cm) \u00a0each size it is really easy to play around with the sizes to fine tune the fit exactly.<\/p>\r\n

As a result this dress, in a really wonderful full body double knit, comfortable with this fiber content, 42% polyester, 32% viscose, 22% cotton and 4% spandex, fit exactly the way I wanted it to.<\/p>\r\n

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I am extremely pleased with this outfit \u00a0for the season and so glad that we sewists have such access to so many interesting knit fabrics.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some sewists start with an idea, some with a pattern, but I start with the fabric.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I browse and feel the fabric (these days in my mask, trying hard to keep my glasses from fogging up) and I decide what my hands want to work with.<\/p>\n

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