{"id":1430,"date":"2024-02-11T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2024-04-14T22:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T02:18:03","slug":"quick-wool-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2024\/02\/11\/quick-wool-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick wool sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I bought some sapphire blue wool spandex jersey from knitfabric.com and decided to make a quick sweater. This is a lightweight wool with 3% spandex, 220 gsm. It has 4-way 75% stretch and it is machine-washable (and it seems to have survived its first wash just fine). At $12\/yard, it is also a great price for wool (although it is only 44-inches wide). I wouldn’t describe it as super soft, but it is also not itchy. I found it comfortable against my skin. I’ll probably buy more in other colors when they restock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was planning to make a dolman sleeve sweater, but realized I only had 1.5 yards and at the 44-inch width, that wasn’t enough. So I turned to my trusty Sinclair Bondi screwp-neck t-shirt pattern<\/a>, and sized up one size (to a 6p) for a looser sweater fit that could be layered with a t-shirt underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was my first time sewing with wool. The sweater was quick to cut and sew and it looks and fits great. (Modeled here with Walk Boldly<\/a> pants.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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