The Waffle Dropje and I have a history. I was really obsessed with this vest pattern (see for instance here and here and here.) When a sleeve addition came out I was very pleased. In my LONG sewing list, and based on all my experiments leaning towards stretch wovens, I matched this pattern with a scuba fabric in my stash. And when it came time to finally make it, of course I realised that one metre wasn't enough for a full hoodie, and I kind of forgot that this is a woven pattern, not a knit hoodie, and I pulled out this really stretchy double faced knit fabric. It's from a destash by Lizzy in Port Macquarie. I had it pink side out and kind of didn't like it, but as I was sewing I realised how much I loved the oatmeal face.
It was, however, also very early in the sewing process that I realised this was massive on me. I had made the size 36, as in my many previous forays, 34 was too small (but in a woven!!) ... MASSIVE. I still went through with it. I used a Riri zip. I lined all my vests, so I had never followed the instructions before and done the facing. I don't like it, and in a woven item I think it's better to just line it, but the instructions were clear enough (I like Waffle's instructions.)
I have a new housemate and she's into slouchy, oversized things. She has claimed this right away. The fact that it was going to easily find a new home did get me through the more onerous finishing bits of the hoodie; it's not that fun to finish a project when you realise it is kind of a loss. And interestingly enough I feel kind of done with this pattern now, like I've plumbed it's depths and gone as far as I want to go.
I can't really speak to how well the arm fit is with the new sleeve addition since my knit was super roomy.
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