I'm Sari and I'm Haley, and this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio, where we share practical ideas for building a creative process

so you can sew with intention and joy. Today, we're talking about five secret notions

that will transform your knit sewing projects.

So we're going to cover specialty tools that professionals use, how these notions solve common

knit sewing problems, and specific techniques for using them in fitted garments like our new

citron dress pattern. All right, Haley, here is our icebreaker for today. What's your favorite

knit garment you've ever made and what made you love it? I have so many knit garments I love because I have a

lot of workhorse knitwear that I wear a lot. But the one that comes to mind, because I've been

thinking about it lately, is this body contrast that I made,

I want to say probably close to 10 years ago and I knocked off my favorite t-shirt pattern

and then I self-drafted the bottom half and it was like really fitted in all the right places

and slightly less fitted and all the places that made me feel a little

more comfortable in it. And it was perfect. And I was thinking recently when I tried on one of

the citron samples how I wanted to use some of my findings from that dress to customize my

citron. But it wasn't out a special fabric or anything. I just took the

time to get the perfect fit on it and I loved it so much. Yeah. It's so nice when you get that

ideal fit that just makes you comfy, but still, I like a bodycon dress because it's so layerable,

especially in summer. When I travel, I love wearing them because you can

just throw like a linen shirt over it or whatever. It's just, they're very versatile. Yeah.

I think that I actually made it for a trip originally. And then I just like wore it into the ground.

Yeah. Yeah. I have, I have something in my closet like that that I always take when I travel, and it's so useful in my closet.

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