Sewing with knit fabrics can be a bit daunting when you’re used to woven fabrics such as cotton. Sew the darts seams shown in the picture below.Īs for sewing, here is used Serger/Overlocker Bernina L460, which should be set up for stitching the fabric you are using, but instead, you can use a sewing machine and narrow zig zag.Inspiration Top 10 sewing patterns for jersey and knit fabrics In the picture below you can see how beanie looks like before sewing.įold the sides towards the middle, as shown in the picture, right side to the right side of the fabric.Īll stitching is done on the wrong side of a beanie, i.e., on the wrong side of the material. TIP: The edges of the jerseys twist, and before washing, you can overlock them, this will prevent twisting after washing and by cutting.Ĭut out the fabric by the pattern using scissors or rotary cutter. NOTE: If you purchase a fabric of a standard width 140 cm, it is enough for 2-3 caps, depending on the size or sizes.īeanie is cut out from one piece of fold-over fabric. NOTE: Here is used a dark blue jersey composed of 95% cotton and 5% elastane, and in the picture can be seen too, a red knit fabric composed of 65% polyethylene, 30% viscose, and 5% elastane, which I liked, and both were 55 cm length. That is a completed pattern for the beanie – Teenager/Adult small/Woman with 25 cm length. Pay attention to the side edge with the seam allowance. (Someone, like me, got used to having a seam allowance of 0,50 to 1 cm, and someone else up to 1,50 cm.)Ĭopy this pattern with seam allowance once more and connect the bottom edges this two parts. In the pictures, the seam allowance is 0,50 cm, and you can add as much as you usually add. You don’t have to add a seam allowance if you’re used to working without it, and I’ve added it to make it easier by cutting the fabric.Ĭopy to another paper the obtained model and add the allowance to the top edges and one side of the pattern because on another side comes folded fabric. You are finished with the construction, it remains to complete the pattern. The picture above shows the length of 25 cm. Now measure vertically about 25-30 cm from the ends of the top depending on the length of beanie you decide on. When you cut it, you cut both folded sides together.Īs you can see, the picture below shows the top part with the darts. Now cut out the paper by the obtained circular lines.ĭo not forget the paper is fold-over. These two circular lines intersect at one point, which represents the top of the beanie.
In each of these two points on the sides place a geometric compass open 13,50 cm and pull the line in the direction of the opposite corner on the top. Then, from the top edge of the paper measure at both side edges, 13,50 cm. In this pattern, the most important thing is the top part of the hat, where are darts located.Ĭut out from paper piece width 27 cm, length 35 cm.įold over the paper vertical in half so that folded paper is 13,50 cm width. Since both halves of the beanie are identical, it is enough to draw a pattern for only one half, so we just need half the volume, and it is 27 cm.
In the table are given recommended ranges, which doesn’t mean that you can’t choose something that isn’t supported if you want a longer or shorter beanie. The beanie’s circumference in the table under Teenager/Adult small/Women is 54 cm, and for a length, you can decide how long your hat would be. Material required for making the pattern: large format paper or pattern paper (I used three A3 paper), pencil, lining, and geometry compass. For all other sizes, the process of making this pattern is almost identical, the only difference is using of corresponding numbers. The value corresponds to a certain age specified in the table.ĭescription of the process of drawing a pattern corresponding measurements given in the table for Teenager/Adult small/Woman follows below. Circumference and length define each beanie, and below is the table with the circumference and the recommended range for beanies.