After making a stack of Autumn mini-skirts one after another, I was keenly looking for a new pattern that I hadn't made before that would help to fill a wardrobe gap. Something versatile and comfortable, and ideally fairly easy to sew as I'm feeling a bit out of practice and not massively adventurous right now!
The McCalls 8240 was the one! I'd already got it saved to my Minerva wishlist, then I stumbled upon it on Vinted for a pound or something silly, so how could I say no?
I wanted a comfy knit fabric that was going to go with lots of things in my wardrobe (no crazy big print this time round thanks). I found this lovely green knit upstairs on a solo trip to Abakhan Manchester and proceeded to carry it around the city wth me for the rest of the day (with a bundle of other winter knits and wools!) 🥵!
I cut a straight size 10 and made no adjustments to the pattern. If I made it again I would just take a bit off of the shoulder point on the front and back pieces and then extend the sleeve by that much. An Instagram poll suggested that everyone (bar 4 people) thought that there was nothing wrong with a drop shoulder and it suited the top. I'm inclided to agree with the 4 people who said take the sleeves off and make the adjustment as I don't think the effect is dropped enough for a solid drop shoulder, but I am really happy with the sleeve length so I left them as there were this time around.
The overlocker whizzed round this green fabric like a dream so the cuffs attached nicely.
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