Thanks for saying that you only used 3 yards of a narrow fabric. As I was cleaning my studio I found such a piece of knit fabric and now own a lovely blue cycling sweater.
This is super cute on you. Great job. I don't do historical sewing or history bounding, but love the intricate designs and details of historical clothing. Today's clothes seem to be so plain in comparison. I enjoy the way you discuss the why and how of the choices you make when you are designing something. That is super helpful and makes me stop and thing about what I am doing when I sew something, even if the project is modern clothing. Thank you.
Welcome to the comfort levels of cotton jersey! There's a reason why I mostly sew with it (and cotton jersey is usually very well behaved, unlike viscose or polyester). I'm currently wearing a waking skirt/maxi skirt hybrid, so made with heavy quality cotton jersey jacquard, and an elastic waist, but with the extra pleats over where the bum-pad would be (if I didn't have a built-in one!).
It's worth spending the money on good quality... much better behaved! I sew vertical seams with a regular straight stitch, horizontal with a narrow zigzag (no serger), then finished the seams off with hand felling :-) Will post a photo on Instagram and tag you.
Love this. Well done.when you referred to it as sweatshirty when making it….well now I’m inspired to do this as in sweatshirt material. Thank you (I think😆)
That sweater is such a mood and I absolutely adore it!. That would look so so so cute with either a pair of pants that are a bit tight like jogging pants or sweatpants to lounge in with a cup of tea and watching holiday movies or it can be worn with a knee length skirt (possibly with a cute hat) and leggings for a history bounding look (I think Ive seen someone post it on Pinterest).
It came out so cute! Thanks for using my tutorial! Sorry if it wasn’t clear but you need TWO of the trapezoid shapes for the collar (one front and back for the overlap). My neck isn’t that small!
That looks so comfy cute and I would love to make one for myself. I'll have to keep an eye out for some knit fabric. Thanks also for the cat content at the end. Brightened my day. Such a pretty kitty :)
This turned out so cute! I made a video about my process for making this sweater too, but I knit mine. It was my first adventure into sweater knitting, and took about four months of on and off knitting for it to be complete 😅
I've loved this sweater since the first video I saw it in. I was so happy to see the making it video! I'll probably need to make both a knitted & sewed version.
I am making a Velma cosplay that is going to be essentially a 1890s cycling suit with a split skirt, and this is a great cheat until I am better at knitting. Thank you so much for this.
I am in love😍 I’ve been casually looking for fabric for one of these for a while and now I know I need to look harder because I need this sweater in my life. It looks amazing on you!!
Really love how this turned out! (Still want to go find the knitting pattern for it, because, well, yeah...) On that funny pucker on the side of the chest (which you took care of anyway), handknit sweaters tend to have more sloped shoulders than sewing patterns, so I don't know if sloping the shoulders more on a future knit fabric project would work the same way...? Have fun!
This is amazing!!!! I am starting a Belle Epoque wardrobe and I plan on sewing everything myself, starting with undergarments and socks! :) I am definitely going to make a bicycling sweater like this, too! ♥ You look gorgeous and I love your makeup.
Just stumbled across this as I was using up a test piece of bamboo fleece and thinking it was so snugly I needed to make more things from it, will be ordering some for this project. ;)
I know how you feel about turtlenecks, but you should have made the collar smaller and toughed it out. I think you would have gotten used to it. The looser collar makes it look a little modern. You did a great job. It looks so fun, and I love the sparkle on your face.
The sweater came out so beautifully!! It looks great on you and your happiness really showed through! Congrats on making this with all of your own hacks. I think you will get ALOT of compliments on this one!! It is amazing what taking a quarter of an inch or a half inch off will do for a fit. I was wondering what the peplum would look like and it came out so beautiful. Congrats!!!
If you make another sweater from your remaining 3 yards, you might consider two things. One, that instead of having a waistband and then the pelon (?)/bottom flared attachment, you attach the bottom directly to where you want the waist to fall. Two, that you make it a cardigan that buttons up the front and has a drawstring at the waist. To do that, sew grograin ribbon or something to the underside at the waist, over your seamed area between top and flared bottom, so that you have a casing for your drawstring. Then, you won't have to worry so much about how the waist fits with/without your corset and you'll have two different but similar sweaters.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Interesting and completely unexpected to learn. Shame too because that would have been a great complimentary style for your remaining fabric. No doubt you'll come up with some other creation for it!
Great video. I've never worked with knits, too nervous too. But you have changed my mind. I think it was a good choice not to put the buttons on. Less is best, as they say. Did they use other colours for Bicycle sweaters?
They did! There is a super gorgeous red extant one. I'm not sure about any other non-white ones beyond that, but there probably were. www.dar.org/sites/default/files/10%20college%20sweater.jpg
I saw on another video by The Sewlo Artist where the knit fabric used for a bicycle sweater came from a cable knit blanket. Thought you might want to try this for your next sweater!
Impressive! I think tightening the lower sleeves would keep the upper sleeves from collapsing so much, and if you really wanted them perky, you could make sleeve stays for the uppers! It could keep your upper arms warm on walks too 😆 Edit: forgot to say I am hoping to make my own sweater so I am definitely taking aaaall kinds of notes! I have a black knit with white pinstripes that might be perfect to test on for a (hopefully) wearable mockup! Gothic 1890s ice skater... is that an aesthetic?
I love the idea of the gothic 1890s ice skater aesthetic! And I think the collapsing here is more that the fabric is not stiff/hefty enough. I do have sleeve supports for my 1830s sleeves, but not sure I'd want to add them in to an otherwise super comfy sweater. :)
What I have done in the puff collapse situation is used twill tape from the under arm to the narrow sleeve and if needed 2 more at the front of the shoulder and behind the shoulder. That keeps the lower sleeve up where it should be I stead of sagging down.
It's been a few days since I watched this, so if you answered this in your video, I apologize. About how many yards of fabric do you suggest? I am about the same size as you, Lady Rebecca.
As a fellow busty lady who was very confused about FBAs until I got a class on them: an FBA is meant to create a dart, not remove it. And the "bubble" you get as a result is normal: this is where your bust will fit in. After all, if our chests aren't flat, why would our bodice pattern be flat? However, if you search for rotating a dart on a bodice, you can find exactly what you did: move the dart to the belly (or the shoulder or the side or wherever to be honest). But of course, you can also leave the dart open there and have a bodice that's less fitted where you moved the dart to
Hi Rebecca. I love those sleeves. I found an amazing blouse at my local Goodwill that looks almost exactly like that except it's only elbow length but does have a cuff so it's quite poofy. Was that style of sleeve still worn in the early 1900's? I tried to do some quick googling prior to buying it but had a crappy signal in the Goodwill so I bought it anyway. Fingers crossed that it will work with my Edwardian era history bounding wardrobe.
I love this jumper, but don't have the skill to make it. I would be willing to hunt down a knitting pattern for it though! The sleeves are especially wonderful.
I've only had that happen once, which was when it was so cold that it was snowing. So I think as long as it's not below freezing when you're wearing it, you're fine. And thanks!
With knits you need to know if it’s 2 or 4 way stretch, it looks like yours is a 2 way always use an overlock stitch and you can’t go wrong, you can get away with a wide zigzag depending on the fabric I love your fabric , it’s gorgeous always test friction pens on a spare piece of fabric they don’t work on all fabrics 😢 your puckering is caused by you doing a tight zigzag on the stretch of your fabric,
Claiming one of the no-no's is not making a mock-up but then later up stating that if this sweater turns out right she will buy better fabric and make a real one. Basically you just made a mock-up you can actually wear. :}
Very nice sweater....just love it. Could you please slow down when modeling? You move so quickly one cant see how it really fits and one misses details too.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions Yes. It might be worth making one loads of You tube videos or even taking an old top /blouse you nolonger want thats a good fit to pieces and keeping it as a block template even if you have to use facing fabric to stabalise it for future use .
Two kids later I still have that narrow defined waist with ballooning above and below. I never really look pregnant because I still had my waistline the whole time. Bodies are interesting.
Claiming one of the no-no's is not making a mock-up but then later up stating that if this sweater turns out right she will buy better fabric and make a real one. Basically you just made a mock-up you can actually wear. :}
