The pattern is the Jasper Sweater/Dress from Paprika Patterns. I made the
sweater version with the hood. When I saw this pattern, I thought it would be
perfect for my daughter who loves to wear sweatshirts with hoods. This pattern
is quite stylish - not your standard hoodie. I found a medium weight, very soft,
viscose/poly/spandex print with 35% cross-wise stretch and no lengthwise
stretch that I thought would be perfect. I bought black ponte for the cuffs but
in the end I decided it would look better with the cuffs made out of the same
material as the rest of the sweater.
The instructions were easy to follow and I used the tutorials on the
Paprika website to do the single welt pockets and the hood. They were very
helpful although I still managed to cut the welts outside the pocket opening
instead of inside - yikes! Managed to make it all look OK in the end but
hopefully I'll never do that again.
Other than shortening the bodice and the sleeve to fit my daughter, the
only other changes I made were to understitch the long edge of the hood and I
used 2 buttons instead of 3 - easy as they are only decorative. Oh and I also
sewed the little gap on the bottom outside pocket edges - not sure if the gap
was due to an error on my part or not but it was easily addressed. I used a
scrap of navy cotton jersey for the pocket lining.
I haven't mailed it to my daughter yet, so here it is on me. This is a
great pattern - easy to make, fits perfectly and is oh so comfy. I would
definitely make it again in fact I might have to as my husband didn't want me
to give it away!
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