Hello, the explanation is nice and clear, but the two pictures make me feel confused and out of focus I have a question, please. When I draw a sleeve pattern and fold the sides, an increase sometimes appears on one side. How do we deal with it? Someone explained that the sleeve angles and wrist angles must be adjusted. Is this necessary? Thank you
Hello, after you've drafted your sleeve pattern, you need to true it. The length between the bicep to elbow, and elbow to wrist on the front and back side seams should be the same. If one side is longer than the other, you'll need to either add/subtract length away to make both sides the same length. In doing this, you may need to change the angle or curvature of the sleeve sides to match or even create an offset in the location of the elbow / wrist point on the front / back. Also, when you're fitting a sleeve prototype, you may find that the bicep, elbow and/or wrist lines aren't parallel to the floor. You can use a fabric marker to draw what the lines should be and then transfer this change to your pattern. When you do this, you'll see that these horizontal lines are no longer at 180o, but will be curved. I hope this helps!
Hello, the explanation is nice and clear, but the two pictures make me feel confused and out of focus I have a question, please. When I draw a sleeve pattern and fold the sides, an increase sometimes appears on one side. How do we deal with it? Someone explained that the sleeve angles and wrist angles must be adjusted. Is this necessary? Thank you
Hello, after you've drafted your sleeve pattern, you need to true it. The length between the bicep to elbow, and elbow to wrist on the front and back side seams should be the same. If one side is longer than the other, you'll need to either add/subtract length away to make both sides the same length. In doing this, you may need to change the angle or curvature of the sleeve sides to match or even create an offset in the location of the elbow / wrist point on the front / back. Also, when you're fitting a sleeve prototype, you may find that the bicep, elbow and/or wrist lines aren't parallel to the floor. You can use a fabric marker to draw what the lines should be and then transfer this change to your pattern. When you do this, you'll see that these horizontal lines are no longer at 180o, but will be curved. I hope this helps!