Wednesday, February 29, 2012

My first ever T-Shirt

I've been trying to overcome my fear of knits. I've sewed a few pants for my son and finally decided to tackle a shirt. It took lots of thinking and trial and error but I am pretty pleased with myself. 

The Hounds-tooth Shirt
I used a old shirt I found at D.I. and just traced one she already had that fit her well for the pattern.
 I know this picture is a bit blurry but I wanted to share it because I'm not sure why that neck looks so wonky. Any ideas? I used rib knitting around the neck for the first time ever! Do you need to stretch it and then pin? Or maybe it was how I traced out the pattern? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. :)

Overall I really like it. I learned a lot and am just glad my first attempt is wearable. :) Here's to hoping shirt number two is even better than the first. 

2 comments:

  1. She certainly looks very cute on it. Good on you for tackling knits...as for the collar, I'm not sure...is it meant to be a v neck or a round neck? If you used ribbing, it looks like you just needed to use less length and stretch it a bit more to go around the neck line and this should stop it gaping.

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  2. I love this! I think i might have that shirt in pink, but still in it's bigger size! Cute little girl :)

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