I am not generally a repeater of knitted garment patterns but very much a repeater of clothing (purchased; alas, I don't sew). After more than a decade of buying one or two (or more) a year, I have a very large number of tops from Not Perfect Linen, my equivalent of your Jackson Tee. From April to November, I could not get dressed without them.
It's great to have a Very Reliable basic as a building block, isn't it?!
The Liberty is a sorry tale ... I picked a top with a silhouette that really doesn't suit. And it manages to be both very blowsy, but too tight under the arms, at the same time. Unforgivable! Eventually I'll try to remake it into something else, when my mourning period is over.
Your Jackson Tee is perfect. My go to sewing pattern when I have around a metre of spare fabric or that impulse purchase is the Stevie by Tilly and the Buttons. I have made about 6 of them and when I want to sew but haven’t much brain capacity I also turn to that one as almost know how to do it without looking at the instructions. When knitting I have used the Hitchhiker shawl a number of times as a mindful and easy knit that uses those impulsive 1 skein purchases!!
I do enjoy reading your miscellany and am always in aw of what you manage to create in a month on top of all the childcare and family things 🤩
I have lots of (RTW) t-shirts of the same style but different colours, so I can't see that having different Jackson's is any different. I'll knit the same vanilla sock pattern again and again but I've yet to knit any other pattern more than once. If I ever get around to sewing I think I'll have a basic skirt and top pattern and make multiples.
What happened to the Liberty?!!?
I am not generally a repeater of knitted garment patterns but very much a repeater of clothing (purchased; alas, I don't sew). After more than a decade of buying one or two (or more) a year, I have a very large number of tops from Not Perfect Linen, my equivalent of your Jackson Tee. From April to November, I could not get dressed without them.
It's great to have a Very Reliable basic as a building block, isn't it?!
The Liberty is a sorry tale ... I picked a top with a silhouette that really doesn't suit. And it manages to be both very blowsy, but too tight under the arms, at the same time. Unforgivable! Eventually I'll try to remake it into something else, when my mourning period is over.
SO sorry about the Liberty - I can imagine that was a bit heartbreaking.
Your Jackson Tee is perfect. My go to sewing pattern when I have around a metre of spare fabric or that impulse purchase is the Stevie by Tilly and the Buttons. I have made about 6 of them and when I want to sew but haven’t much brain capacity I also turn to that one as almost know how to do it without looking at the instructions. When knitting I have used the Hitchhiker shawl a number of times as a mindful and easy knit that uses those impulsive 1 skein purchases!!
I do enjoy reading your miscellany and am always in aw of what you manage to create in a month on top of all the childcare and family things 🤩
It's so good to have those go-to projects for impulse purchases! Stevie looks like a great pattern!!
And thanks Sally! I love fitting the making in where I can!
Gorgeous projects 🌼
Thank you Orla !!
I have lots of (RTW) t-shirts of the same style but different colours, so I can't see that having different Jackson's is any different. I'll knit the same vanilla sock pattern again and again but I've yet to knit any other pattern more than once. If I ever get around to sewing I think I'll have a basic skirt and top pattern and make multiples.
It's funny, I think repeating sewing patterns (along with being time poor) has made me more likely to consider reknitting knitting patterns!