Heyhey,
as you notice my 70s phase is turning serious;) This sweater is something I made in one day, with a long break in the middle;)
Recipe
Ingredients
1m of each color of an elastic fabric
sewing machine/serger, pins, sweater and scissors
Pattern
start with a long-sleeve/sweater that fits you well and draw around the bodice folded in the middle
then copy the sleeve (half of it) as well
then mark where you want your stripes to be
and cut
then draw the pieces on another paper and add seam allowance, also do one top front, with a lower neckline, and copy the sleeves over to have the whole sleeve parts
Cutting
cut the bodice parts in fold and the sleeve parts, depending on the stripes you want, I cut the top and low bodice parts and the cuffs and the middle sleeve part in one color, and the middle bodice part, waistband, top and low sleeve parts in the other color, remember you need to cut the bodice parts twice in fold
Sewing
pin the bodice front parts and back parts together and also the sleeves (but not cuffs or waistband yet
but fold the cuffs in the middle and pin them, also pin the side-seams of the waistband
after sewing the stripes (I used my serger), pin and sew the side seams and the sleeve seams
then turn the sleeves with right side out and pin them into the arm holes, and sew
next fold waistband and cuffs in the middle and pin them to bodice and sleeves
almost finished
now you need to measure around your neck-line minus a few cm and cut one strip 5 cm wide, sew into a ring, fold in the middle and sew to the neckline
Finished!
for this one, I only did one bodice front and back part
I already wore them quite a few times 🙂 How do you like them?
keep sewing and smiling
Far out man! (a 70s comment) great idea and looks supurb!
thank you! 🙂
Thank you sharing the 70s look. Best, Mtetar
you are welcome, glad you like it!
I love this! you make it look so easy!
thank you! It actually is easy 😉 the difficult part for me is finding knits that arent to expensive and are the right colors;)
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