Ready to start making your own clothes in 2024? Here are my best tips to get you started knitting or sewing your own wardrobe-from someone who's been making her own clothes for over a decade.
Whether you want to knit or sew (or BOTH!), these tips will help you jumpstart your making journey and stick with it:
1. Get a handle on the basics
2. Don't cheap out
3. Measure, measure, measure
4. Pick the right project
5. Don't expect perfection
6. Find your people
Ready? Here are some pattern ideas to get you going!
Beginner sweater patterns:
Novice sweater, by PetiteKnit: www.ravelry.co...
Outline Raglan, by Jessie Mae Martinson: www.ravelry.co...
Flax pullover by Tin Can Knits:
www.ravelry.co...
Cardigan No. 7 by My Favorite Things knitwear:
www.ravelry.co...
Nanaimo cardigan by Good Night, Day: www.ravelry.co...
Beginner sewing patterns:
Parasol dress by Cris Wood Sews: criswoodsews.c...
Tunic with gathered shoulders by Purl Soho: www.purlsoho.c...
Uniform tunic by Grainline Studio:grainlinestudi...
Saguaro set by Friday Pattern Company: fridaypatternc...
Ps: This is the class I took to get started with sewing (affiliate link): shareasale.com...
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