McCall's 7016 Shawl Collar Sweater

ここ2週間ぐらい、家のペンキ塗りに追われてかなり疲れ気味。毎日夜3時間ぐらいペンキ塗ってる。それでも終わらないのね。一体いつまで続くかな。

この前犬が乗ってたセーターです。
布はオットに作ったトップと同じ布。出来上がりは、悪くはないんだけど、ちょっと微妙。衿がちょっと前身ごろでパカパカするのよね。

This is the sweater the Dog was nesting on the other day. The pattern is McCall's 7016. I bought this pattern several years ago, thinking that the dress version (the version the model is wearing on the pattern envelope) would be nice to wear to work. Now that I don't need any "office appropriate" clothes since I work in my basement, I made a top version for a more casual wear.

The fabric is the same one I used for MOTH's Jalie 2212 half zip pull over: fleece backed rayon/poly/lycra sweater knit.

I cut a size Small. I guess because this is a relatively figure-hugging knit dress pattern, it was true to size despite being a "Big 4" pattern. My adjustments were:

-Narrow shoulder 1"
-Grade out 1/2" at waist
-Shorten sleeve 1.5"

Then came the collar. First, the collar has a center back seam but I cut the fabric on fold. Then I read on Pattern Review that the collar is quite big, so I narrowed it by 1" at the center back then merged to the original line. Below, the red is my new narrowed cut line, and the black is the original cut line.

The pattern calls for stay stitching around the neck line but I just added a 1/4" clear elastic when I attached the collar piece.

But then I realized that I attached the collar piece on the wrong side... The seam with the clear elastic is now on the public side of the garment. Luckily, the shawl collar covers the seam so I went with it. The good news is that now the neck line inside the garment looks nice :P

I'm somewhat on the fence about this top. I think I need to size up so that I can wear a long sleeve T-shirt underneath. It is cozy with the shawl collar, but as a "sweater," it needs a bit more wearing ease.

I screwed up the hem. The two layers of the front bodice are not sitting correctly because I didn't consider the turn of cloth of the outer layer. Does it bother me enough to unpick stitches and re-hem? Nah.

Also, the collar is still not quite right. It gapes. I may have to shorten the collar to make it hug a bit or something.