Converting a Stable Knit T-shirt & Sleeve Sloper to 4-way Stretch Knit
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In this lesson, you will learn how take the T-shirt and sleeve sloper that you drafted for stable knit stretch in our lesson, Drafting a Women’s Fitted Stable Knit T-shirt from Measurements, and convert them for a 4-way stretch knit fabric. These 4-way knit slopers can be used in all of your activewear, shapewear and swimwear garment designs.
This lesson builds upon our other cut and sew knit lessons such as Knit Fabric Principles, where you learned about knit stretch, and our lessons, Knit Stretch Reductions: Torso Sloper, and Knit Stretch Reductions: Sleeve Slopers, where you learned about various knit stretch ratios.
The knit T-shirt and sleeve sloper needed for this lesson can be found and drafted in our lesson, Drafting a Women’s Fitted Stable Knit T-shirt from Measurements. The fabric planned for this lesson is a cotton Lycra 4-way knit jersey.
| Module | Description | Step |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesson Prep | 1-2 |
| 2 | Preparing the Slopers & Calculating Reductions for 4-way Stretch | 1-8 |
| 3 | Reducing the Length of the T-shirt & Sleeve Sloper | 1-2 |
| 4 | Reducing the Width of the T-shirt & Sleeve Sloper | 1-4 |
MODULE 1 • Lesson Prep
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Before you begin this lesson, you may want to review the properties of knit stretch by viewing our lesson entitled, Knit Fabric Principles where you will learn about the six categories of knit stretch, such as Stable Knit, Moderate Stretch, 2-Way Stretch, Super Stretch, Ribbed Knit and 4-way stretch.
This lesson also introduces you to the percentages used when calculating the reduction amounts for your slopers, based on the amount of stretch in the material. |
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