Thrilled to find myself with another TNT pattern in the Seamwork Aberdeen, particularly as it meets my MakeNine goal of using my subscription patterns more regularly.
This is my third Aberdeen (see the others here) and this time I modified the back to be a much higher round neck, rather than the v on both sides. I found especially in the colder months, the back of my neck was getting cold with the identical v-back. I just needed to adjust the neckband, which I sort of did visually as I sewed it.
I wanted this to be a comfy yet lightweight jumper – a little oversized, but not sloppy. The fit is spot on and it’s the sort of thing you chuck on after a sunny day when the evening draws in and it gets a bit chilly.
The fabric I used is a cotton-nylon blend, open weave knit in vanilla, from The Fabric Store. It’s exactly the right weight for this and still available for purchase at the time of writing. I am tempted to get some more…
I also did a kind of “seams on the outside” thing for some seams, mostly because I stuffed up and put the neckband on inside out. There was NO WAY I was going to unpick it.
All the deets:
Pattern: Seamwork Aberdeen
Size: 2X graded down some in the hips
Adjustments:
- 2″ of length added
- Grading down around the hips by eye
- Back neckline altered to a much higher round neck
Fabric used: Cotton-nylon blend, open weave knit in vanilla, from The Fabric Store.
Like it? Wearing it? Yes and Yes!
Notes for next time:
- VERY quick to make
- Definitely making again – this is third one