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<div dir="auto">Same. If you are wanting to make women's clothes for a man to wear, I have no experience and guess the same recommendations of finding something that fits the way you want and using those measurements. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cindy</div><div dir='auto'><br></div>
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<p style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; margin: 8pt 0;">On May 30, 2026 11:01:48 AM henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:</p>
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hi Cindy, what if you are a man and want to make a sweater?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 30, 2026 1:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> slery <slerythema@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting size question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Yes, this is how making your garments to fit works. If you don't like baggy clothes then that will work. Try marking the finished size on a tape measure and put it on yourself. to see how it would feel and then you can decide how much ease you want. Another option is to take a garment that you own that is your preferred fit and measure it at the bust (put garmet on, put a pin where the bust lays on you, lay flat, measure side to side and double the number) this will help you decide. Remember to consider the weight of yarn you are using. A bulky yarn will have more ease than a sport weight.<br><br>Cindy<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 5/29/2026 9:13 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I took a workshop during the Knit Happy Summit about choosing the right size from a pattern, but I guess I didn\u2019t understand it as well as I thought. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m looking at a pattern for a summer top at Lion Brand. It says:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To fit bust: 28 (32, 36, 40, 44)(48, 52, 56, 60)\u201d</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finished Bust: 40 (44, 48, 52, 56)(60, 64, 68, 72)\u201d</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It also says the pattern has 12 inches of ease. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That seems like a whole lot of ease.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m roughly \u201clarge\u201d in the \u201cto fit\u201d specs, but I\u2019m thinking that I could choose size medium and still have 8 or so inches of ease, so it would still be plenty loose.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Do other experienced knitters think that is correct?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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