Knit Pullover with Drawstring Neckline and Kangaroo Pocket

Name: Knit Pullover with Drawstring Neckline and Kangaroo Pocket
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5118
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5118

A women's long-sleeved pullover for stretch knit fabric, with a round neckline drawn in by a tie that comes out through eyelets at the centre front. It has a lined kangaroo pocket with slanted openings, front darts and a centre back seam. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: stretch knit fabrics; the sample is made in a bouclé knit.

Tech. Description

Knit Pullover with Drawstring Neckline and Kangaroo Pocket

When To Wear

In autumn and spring with jeans or knit trousers for everyday wear.
At home and for weekend walks, over a T-shirt on cooler days.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight, hip-length pullover, shaped at the front with darts pressed downwards.

Neckline: Round neckline with a front and back facing, interfaced and understitched. The facing is topstitched along the marking to form a casing; the tie, made from a strip of the knit and finished 0.75 cm wide, comes out through eyelets at the centre front and is tied in a bow.

Sleeves: Long set-in sleeves, eased into the armhole; hems topstitched with a twin needle 3 cm from the edge.

Pockets: Kangaroo pocket cut on the fold from the knit and from lining fabric, sewn right sides together and turned, edge-stitched along the slanted openings and topstitched to the front.

Back: Two pieces joined by a centre back seam.

Finishing: Seams sewn with an elastic or narrow zigzag stitch; front shoulder edges stabilised with bias strips of lining fabric caught into the shoulder seams; eyelets backed with a folded scrap of lining; body hem topstitched 3 cm from the edge.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. Sewing knit with stretch stitches, setting eyelets, a faced drawstring casing and a lined, turned pocket.

Fabric Recommendations

Stretch knit fabrics; the sample is made in a bouclé knit.

Additional Supplies

Lining fabric (pocket lining, bias strips for the shoulder seams, backing for the eyelets)
Fusible interfacing (neckline facings)
Eyelets
Twin needle

Cutter's Must

From knit fabric:
1. Front – 1 piece on fold
2. Back – 2 pieces
3. Sleeve – 2 pieces
4. Pocket – 1 piece on fold
5. Front Neckline Facing – 1 piece on fold
6. Back Neckline Facing – 1 piece on fold
Strip for the neckline tie, 120 cm long and 3 cm wide, including seam allowances (cut by measurement)
From lining fabric:
1. Pocket – 1 piece on fold
From fusible interfacing: Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facing.

Sewing Instructions

Reinforce neckline facings with fusible interfacing (Heat-activated interfacings are ironed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron).
Cut pieces from bouclé knit fabric are stitched with a special elastic stitch or a narrow zigzag stitch.
Bias strips of lining fabric are caught into the shoulder seams on the front shoulder edges to stabilize them.
Sew the center back seam. Press seam allowances open.
On the front, sew the darts and press them downwards.
Place the knit and lining Pocket pieces right sides together and stitch edges around the perimeter, leaving an opening of approx. 5 cm in one of the seams. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching, diagonally at corners. Turn pocket right side out and press, sew the open section of the seam closed. Topstitch the pocket along the slanted edges, close to the edge. Pin the pocket to the front according to matching lines and topstitch close to the edge.
On the front, set the eyelets according to the markings, placing a double-folded scrap of lining fabric underneath on the wrong side.
Stitch and turn the tie strip to make a finished tie 0.75 cm wide.
Sew side and shoulder seams.
Stitch the shoulder seams of the Front Neckline Facing and Back Neckline Facing. Place the facing on the garment right sides together and stitch along the neckline edge. Trim seam allowances close to the stitching. Turn the facing upwards and understitch it to the seam allowances close to the seam. Turn the facing to the wrong side. Place the tie under the facing and pull its ends out through the eyelets. Topstitch along the neckline according to the markings to form the casing.
Sew sleeve seams. Press seam allowances open. Press the hem allowance of each sleeve to the wrong side and topstitch from the right side of the sleeve with a twin needle at a distance of 3 cm.
Set in sleeves, easing at the cap.
Press the hem allowance of the pullover to the wrong side and topstitch at a distance of 3 cm.