Bobbinhood Crew Neck jumper

I’ve made a few Mini Hudson Pants for the boys recently, and i thought it was about time to branch out into something else. I had a look through my Burda magazines, but almost everything stops at sizes below my boys (Milo is nine and Ellis is a giant) so I had a quick google for free jumper patterns and cam u with this - the Bobbinhood Crew Neck. Bobbinhood is a Dutch screen printing company, but they also have a few sewing patterns, including this free raglan sleeved jumper (and a very cool boiler suit).

Details below:

Pattern: Bobbinhood Crew Neck. It prints out I A4 only (I’m usually a A0 copy shop person) but it’s few enough pages so that’s no no bother.

Thing to note (I did not!) is that it does NOT contain seam allowances so you have to add those yourself. I know that’s a continental European thing, but I will never understand the logic of this. Surely the vast majority of people are not fussed at all what the seam allowance is, and if you don’t like whatever the designer has chosen you can always change it just as easily as add it.

Anyay, i’m just bitter cos of course I did not add the seam allowances before cutting into the fabric, silly me! Thankfully sewing everything together with the smallest seam allowance I could manage (about 3mm) was ok and actually looks quite neat inside. But I have learnt my lesson for the future!

Fabric: That Painted Dots Dobby fleece backed sweatshirting I’ve used loads before, and I made the joggy bottoms he’s wearing here out of, bought in the Higgs and Higgs sale

Size: age 7-8, I did say he was a giant (he’s 6)

Instructions: Clear and well illustrated. They do ask you to attach the neckband, cuffs and waistband before sewing the sleeves and body together, which definitely makes things eassier but also less neat. There’s a reason these are usually attached at the end, and I think that’s what i’ll do next time. But I definitely appreciate the speed with which this came together because if it.