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About Me
- Oksana Starzhynska
- My blog's main subjects are sewing, the thing in which I am experienced the most, and beadwork, which is, in fact, pushed me into blogging. I am also engaged in knitting and crocheting. All together they are the set of skills which I use to make my wardrobe my whole life. These are not my only interests, I also like the English language (that's one of the reasons that my blog is bilingual), try to travel around my country and abroad (when can afford it), am interested in art (to the degree of a dilettante but nevertheless) and adore the people who can create anything beautiful or useful whatever it is :-) So welcome to a needlecrafter diary!
8 May 2017
Collared Top, or Rose of Winds
As I was a kid at that time, I don't remember now what exactly I imagined when hearing the word combination rose of the winds. But until I learnt what it really means, the term obviously had put the mind in a dreamy mood. I also can't but confess that even knowing what it is, my idea of that symbol didn't change:-) And in my perception it still has much more in common with playful wind, outdoors walks and escape from every day life than with routine scientific observations.
So I didn't think much either about if it was worth buying the knits with compass rose motifs or about the pattern for the top to sew from it.
The main idea was to make the top with a collar. It is very simple to modify any basic pattern to do that. Firstly, the type of the desired collar must be chosen. Then the neck hole must be changed for the V-neck (not deep, about 5-6 cm). Then the lengths of the collar and the ready neck hole are measured; they must be the same. If the collar is too long, it must be shortened along the centre; if the collar is too short it must be lengthened along the centre. I used the collar from my pattern but it can be any you like.
The fabric looks different on the right and wrong sides. And while wearing the top the slit will surely be open so the neck hole is better to process with the facing. It must be cut pretty wide to cover the future opening part of the wrong side. It aso should be reinforced at least in the middle to make the slit keep the shape.
As for the next steps, at first it is worth basting the collar to the neck hole. Then stitch on the both sides along the slit, only then cut the slit and stitch the collar to the top.
Щодо подальших кроків, спочатку варто вмітати комір в горловину, потім прострочити виріз по обидва боки вздовж щілини і лише потім розрізати щілину і вшити комір.
As the facing is wide, it can to turn out while wearing so it is worth sewing it to the top from the shoulder seams down for about 10-12 cm.
The only thing to do now - to put the top on and go outdoors to meet the playful wind and follow it to escape from every day life at least for awhile:-)
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