Sewhouse 7 Toaster Sweater - in jersey and in sweatshirting

Mar 9

Mar 9 Sewhouse 7 Toaster Sweater - in jersey and in sweatshirting

This is my second #make3in3 item, but it was so good I made it twice! Description in note form because that seems to be the most efficient way to do this!

Pattern: Sewhouse Seven Toaster Sweater, version 1

Size: L (My bust measurement (40 inches) is actually in the XL, just)

Modifications: none

Fabric: The first one is a wool mix jersey of unknown make up, bought in Mandors when I first started sewing. I wouldn’t have bought this now (it’s grey!), but its lovely.

The second one is a fleecebacked sweatshirting I bought in Crafty Sew and So in Leicester during the February holidays. The make is Poppy. I’d never been to that shop before as its mainly a teaching space, but actually the fabric selection is brilliant for being so small! Will definitely be back!

It’s quite interesting to see the difference in how the pattern looks between the two fabrics. The shoulders are definitley more sticky outy in the sweatshirting, and the funnel neck is more of a drape neck in the jersey.

Difficulty/instructions/drafting: There are not many steps and the instructions are great, and the construction avoids having to do a neckband, so this is definitley easy. My one complaint is that the notches are the same at both the front and the back, so both times I ended up faffing about for ages making sure I didn’t accidentally sew the sleeves in the wrong way round. Also beginners cont know that sleeves aren’t symetrical, so would never think to look. I’ve now made one of the sets of notches double though, so if I make another I’ll know more easily.

Things I still need to do: Sew in a ribbon or embroider something to mark which side is the back. The only way you can tell is because of the high low hem, which is pretty subtle (though I like it that way). I will also tack down the neck facing in the sweatshirting one. It doesnt matter in the jersey cos its so drapey.

Things I learnt: Not really learnt, but even though my machine has about 5000 stitches, this was my first time using a stitch other than straight or overlocker on my machine. The pattern has you topstitch all the hems so I used one of the nicer looking overlockey type stitches.