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Don’t Be a Slave to the Pattern

Let’s say you find a pattern for a sweater that you love.

But, it’s for a cropped sweater and you prefer a waist length sweater. What to do?The first option is to keep looking for that exact sweater in a waist length version. Good luck! The obvious answer is: Make the body of the sweater longer!

Ok, now you still like the sweater, but it shows ¾ length sleeves and you like ‘em long. Same thing, right?

Now you are thinking! Continue reading “Don’t Be a Slave to the Pattern”