A Subtle, Classy, and Elegant Garment!

Comparison

You can see it here with five other sweater patterns all from The Foldline.

Top Row: SouthBank by Nina Lee; LB Pullover by Paper Theory; Toaster #1 by Sew House Seven.

Bottom Row: Orono by Itch to Stitch; Talvikki by Named; Jocko by Ready to Sew

My perfect sweater?

Talvikki  is a subtle, classy and elegant garment.  A well-engineered pattern.  Beautiful on the inside too.  The neck shaping is unusual and the hem shaping sets it apart from the crowd.  I really like it.  It could be THE ONE!  Next time I’m making it in boiled wool.

Making up

The pattern is beautifully drafted and a joy to sew.  I cut the Medium size and shortened the sleeve by one and a quarter inches which I have to do for the Helmi blouse which is also a Named pattern.  Although it is drafted for a person of 5’8” I decided not to shorten the body because I liked the look of the pattern held up against me and it is already shorter than the “Jocko” sweater (see above).  The seam allowance is 1cm.  This needs interfacing with 40% stretch and fusible stay tape.  The making up is done on the sewing machine with a stretch stitch, and the overlocker for finishing raw edges.   I used ponte roma from the ClothSpot.

Fitting and alterations

The sleeves were still too long and I had to remove a further one and three quarters inches, i.e. 3 inches in total.  As drafted, the wrist end of the sleeve is too tight to fit over the arm of my sewing machine, so the benefit from reducing the length after cutting out the fabric was that the wrist diameter was larger and I could hem the wrist on my machine.  Plenty of room for a T-shirt or even a jumper underneath and not too long that it swamps me.