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In this video from Thoughtful Creativity Alisa will be drafting and sewing a very simple and comfortable turtleneck for the upcoming fall and winter seasons. This top comes together in about an hour and requires just a little bit of drafting. NOTE: if you have bust/hips/waist on a larger size double check the width of the pattern like mentioned in... this tutorial. And if you have a bust on a larger side you might find it useful to make front pattern pieces longer at the high point shoulder than the back pattern piece. You can see how it is done in the knit bodice block tutorial here. This is a minor adjustment, so you will be finished in no time A free video sewing lesson from Evelyn Wood. Evelyn Wood shares five methods for tracing sewing patterns to create your own copies while keeping your original sewing patterns and sizes intact and uncut. Extra time is needed to trace your pattern pieces, but there are some very good reasons to trace your pattern rather than cut into it. Pattern tracing lets you to maintain the original pattern pieces. Tracing allows sewers to use a pattern more than once and in more than one size. Tracing the sewing pattern lets you to keep the printed pattern intact in case you need to make any fitting adjustments. Pattern wear is another reason to trace your patterns. Tracing allows you to have the other sizes available for use. Whatever your reason, you will be glad you traced your pattern(s) to keep and use over and overRead More