You did a great job! I like your sweater even better than your cute pink one. I love how you explain your mistakes (putting the fabric in the dryer) and how you explained your entire process and thinking for your project.
This is such a great video. I sew a lot from what I love in my closet. I recreated a jean jacket from Christopher & Banks. It gave me the pattern so I could make a longer version out of a green linen that I have made bottoms from and a blouse out of. It turned out great. I have used this rib knit for a sweater I made. It was great fabric to wear. This type of motivation and inspiration is what seamstresses need. Thanks so much. You give so much to your viewers. It matters. I love the sweater you created.
Great video, but try not to feel guilty. You are wearing the sweater and it is made from a natural fibre. Sewers tend to beat themselves up if 100% of their wardrobe isn't handmade. We all have to do what we can with what we've got and try to make more informed decisions in the future.
Hi, We all have bought a garment from a fast fashion brand at one point or another. I know that I have. I don't think that make you an evil, earth damaging, anti societal, (something that I probably don't know the word of and can't spell either, and don't want to use in mixed company). Just wear that piece of clothing til it can be worn no more, and is falling to bits in the seams, and make a better choice with your replacement. You made a new cardi yourself, in a material that I would guess was GOTS certified, and ÖKOTEX 100 (doesn't harm the planet as much, and doesn't harm the workers that make the material as much the 100 I think means doesn't cause birth defects, or something of that nature). I always liked the saying "you did your best with what you knew then, when you know more you do better. Yours, Ann
No! I started buying second hand clothes and turning them into my own when I was only 14 years old, when hardly anybody did this. Now, at 60, I still do so. I don't buy fast fashion, I don't buy TEMU or Ali, etc. The only new clothes I ever bought, are traditional dresses made by traditional Dirndl dressmakers. Not *everybody* is like you. 😉
@@lisasternenkind6467 Hi, I stand corrected. Thank you for your comment. We're the same age by the way, but we don't really celebrate birthdays in my family. People just either get very sick or die if we do. Long story, not relevant. The TEMU I've never heard of, and Ali (I'm guessing Ali Express?) weren't around in my clothes buying days. I was thinking about H&M and a couple other fast fashion brands local to my county. I don't think there were any charity shops around growing up. In my country we had a very socialised social services, making sure that everybody was housed, clothed, and fed. We still do but it's not as comprehensive now, and I know about three such shops in my city now. I live in the second largest with around 800 000 people living here. Even if there would have been, I didn't know the back from the front of a sewing machine. These days I do, and I'm a fair theoretical sewist. In practice not so much, due to chronic pain from an accident stealing my time. It has done so for 29 years, but no poor me. I can't stand that kind of mindset. I had to learn how to deal with my issues, and I have done. I admit I was talking about the odd t-shirt and jeans kind of purchases in my comment above. I did buy that a long time ago, and I wasn't happy with how they wore. Being privileged to live where I do, I could upgrade to slower fashion fairly early on. We get sick pay, and annuities for medical causes here, so I kept my lifestyle from before my accident. I got the salary report from my union yesterday, and I'm paid half ot the mean wages in my profession. I got a master after my university studies, and would have been making a lot more by my specialization so that sucks. But that's an aside as I'm still privileged. I'm so glad that you can make your own clothes from material from the charity shops. I wish I could too. It must be so satisfying, not to mention that the quality of garments from at least, what the nineties and older (?) are so much better than today. I have a small pile of fabric that I want to turn into clothes I can't find in the shops. Until I can, I'm wearing either a day pajamas, black t-shirt and sports pants, or a nightie. The t-shirts and so on I buy from slower fashion, and as I rarely leave the house, I wear them to they literally fall apart. So no, we're not the same, and I'm so happy for you (and a maybe a tad envious). I'm glad that not everybody is like me, too. My intention with my comment above was to not place shame on the people that do buy from fast fashion brands occasionally. In some circles around RUclips that is a deadly sin, and that I will ever agree with. I also wanted to give encouragement to do better, now that we know more about what goes on behind the scenes of the fashion industry. I'm sorry that the answer is so long. It seems to be a thing with me, that I can't get away from, even if I do try. I can't write short form answers and comments, to save my life sometimes. I'm probably over sharing too and I apologize if I do. I hope you are living your best life, as I try to live mine. Yours, Ann
To reduce the ripple on the bottom hem, use a knit triple stitch with the tension set at 1 or 2. Reducing the tension allows for a smoother hem.
VERY cute! I like the dropped shoulder.
Since that hot pink sweater is cotton, you can dye it. Blue like the detergent perhaps.
Okay- was just thinking I needed a new Lisa…now I know I need one!!!
You did a great job! I like your sweater even better than your cute pink one. I love how you explain your mistakes (putting the fabric in the dryer) and how you explained your entire process and thinking for your project.
This is such a great video. I sew a lot from what I love in my closet. I recreated a jean jacket from Christopher & Banks. It gave me the pattern so I could make a longer version out of a green linen that I have made bottoms from and a blouse out of. It turned out great.
I have used this rib knit for a sweater I made. It was great fabric to wear. This type of motivation and inspiration is what seamstresses need. Thanks so much. You give so much to your viewers. It matters.
I love the sweater you created.
Thank you so much!
oh my gooood!!! I basically do the same! in my case, I copy and knit them
Love this. Would love to see what you make with the wool that you didn’t use.
Thanks so much for the free pattern... 😊
You're welcome! Happy sewing!
This question is a little off topic. Where did you find a self healing mat large enough for your cutting table?
You can find large self healing mats online in various sizes!
I’m curious if you were able to salvage the wool knit. I love the red sweater in cotton. I much prefer cotton knit sweaters.
I plan to reuse the wool knit but I haven't yet. :-)
?What fabric pieces? How did you come up with them. I kept rewinding thinking I missed it.
4:30, she mentions the Lisa pattern
Your version is much better than the pink one! Lisa is on my 'to sew' list. I've just ordered blue knitted fabric.
Great video, but try not to feel guilty. You are wearing the sweater and it is made from a natural fibre. Sewers tend to beat themselves up if 100% of their wardrobe isn't handmade. We all have to do what we can with what we've got and try to make more informed decisions in the future.
Hi, We all have bought a garment from a fast fashion brand at one point or another. I know that I have. I don't think that make you an evil, earth damaging, anti societal, (something that I probably don't know the word of and can't spell either, and don't want to use in mixed company). Just wear that piece of clothing til it can be worn no more, and is falling to bits in the seams, and make a better choice with your replacement. You made a new cardi yourself, in a material that I would guess was GOTS certified, and ÖKOTEX 100 (doesn't harm the planet as much, and doesn't harm the workers that make the material as much the 100 I think means doesn't cause birth defects, or something of that nature). I always liked the saying "you did your best with what you knew then, when you know more you do better. Yours, Ann
No! I started buying second hand clothes and turning them into my own when I was only 14 years old, when hardly anybody did this. Now, at 60, I still do so. I don't buy fast fashion, I don't buy TEMU or Ali, etc. The only new clothes I ever bought, are traditional dresses made by traditional Dirndl dressmakers.
Not *everybody* is like you. 😉
@@lisasternenkind6467 Hi, I stand corrected. Thank you for your comment. We're the same age by the way, but we don't really celebrate birthdays in my family. People just either get very sick or die if we do. Long story, not relevant.
The TEMU I've never heard of, and Ali (I'm guessing Ali Express?) weren't around in my clothes buying days. I was thinking about H&M and a couple other fast fashion brands local to my county. I don't think there were any charity shops around growing up. In my country we had a very socialised social services, making sure that everybody was housed, clothed, and fed. We still do but it's not as comprehensive now, and I know about three such shops in my city now. I live in the second largest with around 800 000 people living here.
Even if there would have been, I didn't know the back from the front of a sewing machine. These days I do, and I'm a fair theoretical sewist. In practice not so much, due to chronic pain from an accident stealing my time. It has done so for 29 years, but no poor me. I can't stand that kind of mindset. I had to learn how to deal with my issues, and I have done.
I admit I was talking about the odd t-shirt and jeans kind of purchases in my comment above. I did buy that a long time ago, and I wasn't happy with how they wore. Being privileged to live where I do, I could upgrade to slower fashion fairly early on. We get sick pay, and annuities for medical causes here, so I kept my lifestyle from before my accident. I got the salary report from my union yesterday, and I'm paid half ot the mean wages in my profession. I got a master after my university studies, and would have been making a lot more by my specialization so that sucks. But that's an aside as I'm still privileged.
I'm so glad that you can make your own clothes from material from the charity shops. I wish I could too. It must be so satisfying, not to mention that the quality of garments from at least, what the nineties and older (?) are so much better than today. I have a small pile of fabric that I want to turn into clothes I can't find in the shops. Until I can, I'm wearing either a day pajamas, black t-shirt and sports pants, or a nightie. The t-shirts and so on I buy from slower fashion, and as I rarely leave the house, I wear them to they literally fall apart.
So no, we're not the same, and I'm so happy for you (and a maybe a tad envious). I'm glad that not everybody is like me, too.
My intention with my comment above was to not place shame on the people that do buy from fast fashion brands occasionally. In some circles around RUclips that is a deadly sin, and that I will ever agree with. I also wanted to give encouragement to do better, now that we know more about what goes on behind the scenes of the fashion industry.
I'm sorry that the answer is so long. It seems to be a thing with me, that I can't get away from, even if I do try. I can't write short form answers and comments, to save my life sometimes. I'm probably over sharing too and I apologize if I do. I hope you are living your best life, as I try to live mine. Yours, Ann