Things that seemed very funny at the time. Later, not so much.

Remember the hilarity of me naming all of my hoodie revisions 'Final', 'Version Infinity, 'Superfinal, and 'Last one ever'? Gosh, that was so funny. Until Thursday, that is. With four hoodie orders to keep me busy, I pulled out my mahoosive hoodie pattern file and found that I couldn't remember which version really was the final pattern. You know, the one that made it through thirteen revisions to be close to perfect. I don't feel so funny anymore.

So back to the old drawing board. Bad news for me from the time point of view, but actually I think it was a good thing. Because I had drafted the sizes semi-individually before, there wasn't proper cohesion between the grades. And this time I tried slash-and-spread for the first time (rather than my usual slide-and-spread). Non-sewers, you will have to take my word for this being both exciting and awesome.

This cowboy hoodie is the smallest size I've drafted (18m). As you can see, it's reversible but for the first time ever I've appliqued the reverse instead of pockets. Tiny pockets on a tiny hoodie looked very silly indeed.

If you're thinking of telling me it's too OMGBlue, don't even bother. Look how cool it looks from above (as 99% of people are going to be to a baby) with the interior of the hood. Yes, I know. So cool.

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