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Thursday 9 June 2016

Autumn 2016! : Woven Linden for the win


My most loved and frequently reached for winter top is the black/grey boxy felted wool top with the cool tree design.
This is a lighter weight and colour alternative to keep it company. It's also a test for me of the well loved Grainline Linden that took the sewing world by storm on it's release in 2014.

This is a straight size 8 Linden, view B in non-stretch woven fabric 

Sewn with 70cm of opp shop sourced vintage wool, washed (read as mildly felted & pre-shrunk) & slightly itchy. It's all good though as I love the speckled wool and it's a layering piece, part of my armour against the winter winds that come straight off the Antarctic.
*Update after wearing this almost every day for the past 5 weeks - it's not itchy IRL! And the neckline lets everything layer well, I adore this SOOO much!!
I was pleasantly surprised at the swiftness of putting it together and of the fit straight from the pattern. I've knitted a raglan sleeve cardigan, but never sewn one, being of the belief that they 'don't work' with forward shoulders. News flash, they do, and I can't believe I've dismissed them for so long! The sleeves are 3cm shorter than the view B pattern to fit on my wool remnant, and in this woven fabric, they'd not have worked any longer without darts and shaping.

I did take in the back raglan seams by 2cm at the neckline, grading to nothing by 7cm. Amanda gave the heads up on her rad quilted Linden & back breeze from Antarctic wind is not welcomed down here anymore than it is in Canberra. It also has snugged the neckline nicely, so I'll continue with this for the next version.
*photographic evidence is in the pink version, up next!

Such a gorgeous paisley match
I used a lovely vintage Liberty to face the neckline, it came from my $10 bag at the first Phillips Shirtmaker sale.
The sleeves and split hem are simply pinked, turned and hand stitched, invisibly in the wool, giving me the option to adjust them if I wish.
Woven vintage wool = swing!
A wildly pink Liberty in Kindle, view A, is up next to brighten my winter.
Yes, you could say my sew-jo is back ;)
More mad and crazy antlers in the next Linden post!

10 comments:

  1. Oh, how chic! That taupe wool just glows against your skin and looks so beautiful on you! Love it.

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    1. Thank you Mary! I adore your eye for prints and appreciate your comment ;)

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  2. Gosh I didnt know it worked in a woven. Youve inspired me ... again. Glad your sewjo is back.

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    1. It's so nice to be sewing winners again ;) Thanks Louise, we all inspire each other - I love your blue jumpsuit!!

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  3. I love the look you achieved. I tried to do this with a crinkle gauze and was a miserable failure...perhaps I'll try again in a straight woven - the lines of the Linden are wonderful. Nice work!

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    1. Thanks Coco, I've had lots of failures when I've played around with other pattern/fabric mis-matches, I think that's why I'm so happy that this worked easily ;) You'd look fabulous in this view, not unlike your recent white Mandy hack - I enjoy your blog, and especially all of your amazing little animal visitors!!!

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  4. Love that woven Linden, great top

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    1. Thanks Rosie, it's a classic already - is it wrong to want another?

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  5. Love it. Perfect Antarctic wind protection. Lovely to see your sewjo back.

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    1. it's lovely to be back ;) I like winter, but that wind can go and play elsewhere! Thanks Jillian x

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