I’ve got a bulk of old patterns, but most of them are a couple of sizes too big for me. Is there an easy way of taking them down a couple of sizes, or is it a ‘take each pattern as it comes’ kind of scenario?

I have experimented in the past by cutting in an inch on the outline here and there, but it’s always with mixed results.

Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated.

May 12, 2011, 01.23 PM by laurenp

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    May 16, 2011, 08.17 AMby katexxxxxx

    Take a look in a good pattern drafting book (I prefer Wninfred Aldritch) and see what they say about grading. You need to grade down a couple of sozes, but you need to do it proportionally or yes, results will bbe very mixed.

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    May 17, 2011, 06.43 AMby Marla Rodriguez

    http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4368/making-sense-of-pattern-grading

    This is a Threads article on pattern-making, it might help you understand what is is and help you with your more basic patterns :)

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    May 21, 2011, 01.11 AMby mlssfshn

    Different parts of the body change size at different rates. So when grading you need to take less in some places more in others. It is a trial and error process till you perfect it. Look at multi-sided pattern layouts to help visualize the changes.

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