After my first Veltori experience I knew I had to try again. There's so much potential in a sporty zip front top! Unfortunately I realised I was going to use a totally different size, and I am lazy, so the efforts waited until I sent some other things to the print shop and could get another copy of this printed. This time around I went with size C, whereas my first version was size D. I also chose a lovely textured merino knit from The Fabric Store (I have used it in white and was excited to see another colourway available).
I was going to shorten it 1" plus 1/2" at the waist and I was thinking so hard about this that I...somehow forgot to shorten at the waist. As before, the pieces are very confusing. It's not clear until you are putting it together that you don't need the side inserts if you are doing a 1-colour back, but you always need the sleeve inserts no matter which version you make.
The fit is much better than before. It's still very roomy in my merino. I find the neck sits much further out than I would like it to, since the point of the high neck is to be snug. Even though I didn't shorten at the waist, the length isn't too bad.
I used my own advice and interfaced along the zip, which helped, but I used knit interfacing and actually heavier woven interfacing would have been even better.
As is, this is a totally wearable top, but when I put in the zip I saw that I had managed to get a colour that is ALMOST but not quite right, and that put me off so hard. A friend of mine saw my pictures and asked for it so it's going to her. I'm oddly picky about my exercise wear - I prefer old, holey things to new stuff - and so I am perfectly happy with what I currently own. This was still a really useful detour!
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