A Nack for Knit
A close up of the pleats and better view of pattern.
On to week three of my Project Runway inspired sewing challenge with more fabric firsts. I took advantage of a Butterick .99 pattern sale at Hancock Fabrics (yes, I actually have my own patterns; I don’t just borrow them all from Amy) and picked up a pattern calling for knits only. Although I’d never worked with knits before, Amy and past PR sewing friend Melissa both said knits can be difficult, but because the dress style looked like something I would wear normally (unlike last week), I decided to go ahead and get the pattern and give it a go. Luckily I found
butterick 5488 - loose fitting knit dress
the perfect patterned light-weight knit on the sale rack. I figured for a total investment of $10 if the dress didn’t work out, atleast I could say I tried, right?
Since I like to fully disclose my errors though, I will say that somehow I ended up with an extra inch of dress when putting in the collar, so I had to add an extra pleat. Plus the pleats got a little messed up since that was the one part that pinning didn’t really help. Because the style of the dress was so forgiving and the knit draped so nicely, the finished product still worked.
Bailey liked the knit dress so much she posed with me. Loose, but still stylish in my book.
I was a little worried that the dress would look frumpy and “bag-like” because of the style, which was described as ”very loose-fitting”, but I overall I think it worked. Yes, it was baggy so yes, it was not as tailored or as flattering as some of my other dresses, but it was hella comfortable and I liked it, so there! The pattern of the fabric is colorful and stylish and the fit was right on in my book. The collar and sleeves turned out perfectly (which I was worried about, so I was super happy it worked out).
The photo(s) really don’t do the dress justice.
