{"id":7346,"date":"2013-11-14T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=7346"},"modified":"2013-11-13T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T04:31:19","slug":"sewing-for-me-a-sheer-cardi-knit-infinity-scarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=7346","title":{"rendered":"Sewing For Me: Cardi + Knit Infinity Scarf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I have good news and bad news about this week’s installment of Sewing for Me, though mostly good. The good: I love this knit cardi\u00a0pattern<\/a>. As the envelope promises, this is “sew simple”. I used my serger and had a completed project in my hot little hands in less than thirty minutes (once I cut out the pieces – that was a little trickier since the front pieces are ginormous). Even without a serger, it would be a very quick sew.<\/p>\n

\"sheer-cardi-knit-infinity4\"<\/a>More good: I love the versatility of this cardi. It can be tied, swooshed and looped around onto your neck and shoulders to make it look like a wrap top, or worn plain and still look lovely. However, when attempting the wrap\/cowl top style, I recommend making sure it doesn’t look like you have giant worms undulating by your neck. It wasn’t until I was editing the photos that I noticed how weird that looked. At any rate, it’s one of those forgiving shapes that will subtly mask the lumpy bumpy bits on a body that’s given birth.<\/p>\n

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I also like the asymmetry from the back to front. I’ve finally cottoned onto knit sizing from the big 4 commercial patterns, and deduced that I’m between a small and a medium so the fit is spot-on. I didn’t add the elastic on the neck seam, since it seemed unnecessary, plus I looked at other similar cardigans I own and none of them have elastic gathering at the base of the neck.<\/p>\n

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So what’s the problem? I didn’t choose the best fabric. The drape is spectacular, but this knit is so sheer, it’s bordering on lingerie\/boudoir wear, I fear. I actually love slightly sheer knits, but this one takes it a little too far…especially with its nude shade, it sort of feels like I’m wearing a cardigan made out of pantyhose. I was feeling quite self-conscious about my arms in these photos and had to ruthlessly cull out any shots that highlighted the dreaded “AL” (“arm lard”, as M affectionately joked once and seriously regretted it).<\/p>\n

Also, I wasn’t sure how to finish the raw edges for this kind of super-thin sweater-knit-type fabric. The hem is meant to be left raw, so I left the sleeve hem raw as well, but I’m noticing a lot of curling and a bit of unraveling. I thought about serging all the raw edges, but they would end up wavy, which isn’t a look I care for.<\/p>\n

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The infinity scarf was more of an afterthought. With all that sheerness, I felt the need to cover myself up more, and grabbed this five minute scarf I made last week. This dark khaki-colored rayon\/jersey knit also has a silky, gorgeous drape and I think it looks nice with the cardi, no?<\/p>\n

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What I’m realizing is that I need a snug long-sleeved shirt to wear under this cardi. I don’t own any of those.\u00a0That<\/em> will solve the problem, I bet. And now I know what I’ll be sewing next (along with a few more of these cardis in different colors because I love this style so much — though next time I will shorten it a tad)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, I have good news and bad news about this week’s installment of Sewing for Me, though mostly good. The good: I love this knit cardi\u00a0pattern. As the envelope promises, this is “sew simple”. I used my serger and had a completed project in my hot little hands in less than thirty minutes (once I cut out the pieces – that was a little trickier since the front pieces are ginormous). Even without a serger, it would be a very quick sew. More good: I love the versatility of this cardi. It can be tied, swooshed and looped around onto your neck and shoulders to make it look like a wrap top, or worn plain and still look lovely. However, when attempting the wrap\/cowl top style, I recommend making sure it doesn’t look like you have giant worms undulating by your neck. It wasn’t until I was editing the photos that I noticed how weird that looked. At any rate, it’s one of those forgiving shapes that will subtly mask the lumpy bumpy bits on a body that’s given birth. I also like the asymmetry from the back to front. I’ve finally cottoned onto knit sizing from the big 4 commercial patterns, and deduced that I’m between a small and a medium so the fit is spot-on. I didn’t add the elastic on the neck seam, since it seemed unnecessary, plus I looked at other similar cardigans I own and none of them have elastic gathering at the base of the neck. So what’s the problem? I didn’t choose the best fabric. The drape is spectacular, but this knit is so sheer, it’s bordering on lingerie\/boudoir wear, I fear. I actually love slightly sheer knits, but this one takes it a little too far…especially with its nude shade, it sort of feels like I’m wearing a cardigan made out of pantyhose. I was feeling quite self-conscious about my arms in these photos and had to ruthlessly cull out any shots that highlighted the dreaded “AL” (“arm lard”, as M affectionately joked once and seriously regretted it). Also, I wasn’t sure how to finish the raw edges for this kind of super-thin sweater-knit-type fabric. The hem is meant to be left raw, so I left the sleeve hem raw as well, but I’m noticing a lot of curling and a bit of unraveling. I thought about serging all the raw edges, but they would end up wavy, which isn’t a look I care for. The infinity scarf was more of an afterthought. With all that sheerness, I felt the need to cover myself up more, and grabbed this five minute scarf I made last week. This dark khaki-colored rayon\/jersey knit also has a silky, gorgeous drape and I think it looks nice with the cardi, no? What I’m realizing is that I need a snug long-sleeved shirt to wear under this cardi. I don’t own any of those.\u00a0That will solve the problem, I bet. And now I know what I’ll be sewing next (along with a few more of these cardis in different colors because I love this style so much — though next time I will shorten it a tad)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"category-sewing-for-me","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7375,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions\/7375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}