Seamwork Aurora knit tank, v.2
2024-Jul-24, Wednesday 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeHow about something a bit more seasonal? Seamwork's Aurora is a slightly fancier knit tank top with a shoulder yoke. I have made it before (version 1), but have since misplaced that top.
There were some issues with that top. For one, I was new to printing patterns at home, and Seamwork didn't offer an A4/A0 version, so when I printed the USA one everything distorted slightly. This time I sent the pattern off to professionals to be printed, and it did come back slightly different. I made the last version in a size XL, in a tissue weight knit. I'm not as small as I used to be so I went with a size 2X this time.
For the fabric I'm using a Viscose Jersey - Hearts, 95% Viscose, 5% Spandex, 175gsm. It's that strangely fragile, weirdly crisp, kind of digital print knit fabric. And black thread. It's very straight-forward. Except that it's supposed to be sewn with a coverstitch machine, which I still don't have. Every seam was sewn with the narrow stretch/lightning stitch, finished with the overlocker/serger.
Fit wise it is a bit odd. The arms/chest area feels a bit too big, in a mis-proportioned way? It's hard to describe. I think I need to make another one in the XL again, in a better fabric.
There were some issues with that top. For one, I was new to printing patterns at home, and Seamwork didn't offer an A4/A0 version, so when I printed the USA one everything distorted slightly. This time I sent the pattern off to professionals to be printed, and it did come back slightly different. I made the last version in a size XL, in a tissue weight knit. I'm not as small as I used to be so I went with a size 2X this time.
For the fabric I'm using a Viscose Jersey - Hearts, 95% Viscose, 5% Spandex, 175gsm. It's that strangely fragile, weirdly crisp, kind of digital print knit fabric. And black thread. It's very straight-forward. Except that it's supposed to be sewn with a coverstitch machine, which I still don't have. Every seam was sewn with the narrow stretch/lightning stitch, finished with the overlocker/serger.
Fit wise it is a bit odd. The arms/chest area feels a bit too big, in a mis-proportioned way? It's hard to describe. I think I need to make another one in the XL again, in a better fabric.
Seamwork Aurora, finished, back view
Photo by chebe
Seamwork Aurora, finished, front view
Photo by chebe
