Sweatshirt Jacket Failure
I tried to adjust the DROPPED shoulders (aren't they all dropped these days?) of a Gilban Sweatshirt to fit my shoulder measurement but find it impossible as now the sleeve is too small to fit back into the armhole. I note that in a booklet from Nancy's Notions she has you tuck the sleeve under the shoulder, pin the two together and then cut off the excess which means you are also shortening the sleeve. I would have to cut so much off for my narrow shoulders, the sleeves would probably end at my elbows. How do other people handle this problem?
I was successful when I made a matching vest and sweatshirt last year but only because I had two different sizes to work with. Thus I was able to use the medium size sleeves from the vest to replace the sleeves on the small size sweatshirt. Is this the only solution for evermore??
I'm tempted to buy a sweatshirt 2 or 3 sizes bigger to remake the shoulders and sleeves and then the darn neck probably would be way too big. What to do, what to do!!! Any help would be appreciated.