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October 28, 2005

Calm down... maybe it can be fixed.

The sweater is done, and I got it back from the dry cleaners where I had the zipper sewn in. I have my husband try it on.... DISASTER.

Here are the problems.
1. The yarn is slightly stretchy. I didn't realize quite how stretchy, though. The weight of the sweater pulls itself down so the sleeves are way long and the shoulders are all stretched out. Also, the armpit holes seem to be hanging all the way down to his waist.
2. The zipper is installed wrong. I bought a zipper that was exactly the right length to go from the bottom of the sweater all the way up to the top of the collar. But the idiot who sewed it in stretched out the body of the sweater so it runs from the bottom of the sweater up to the neckline -- but not up the collar. So the collar is just flopping around loose.

The really annoying thing is, when this thing is just laying out flt, it looks perfect. The shape matches up exactly with a sweater that fits my husband perfectly. So... what should I do?

Please give me any suggestions you can think of. Here's what I'm thinking right now:

Obviously, the zipper needs to be fixed. So, I'm taking it back to the place today to get that done. (I would do it myself, but for $18, they should do it right!)

I think a lot of the stretching issues can be resolved if I somehow reinforce the neckline and armholes. I'm thinking about sewing in some seam tape or whatever that stuff is called. Since it's a raglan sweater, the armhole seams meet the neckline -- maybe if it's all connected with not-stretchy tape, the rest of the sweater will behave.

If the sleeves are still too long after the tape is added, I can shorten them without much trouble, I think.

So, it is fixable?

Posted by zarah at October 28, 2005 1:35 PM

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Posted by: Jeanie at October 30, 2005 7:49 AM