Body Double

A while back David helped me make a dress maker's form out of duct tape and an old T-shirt.

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Basically, I put on an old T-shirt, got wrapped in duct tape, cut open the back so I could get out, taped it back up and stuffed it.

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I've already used it to help me do some finishing on the "Shalom" sweater that I recently finished.  Above you can see the arm holes were way too big, so I wanted to sew them up some.

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Using the dress-maker's form I was able to see clearly what I was doing to get the arm holes even, and make it pretty hard to see the added seams.

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Sweater complete!  This pattern is called "Shalom" and is knit using "Minnow Merino" yarn that my mom got me for my birthday 2 years ago.  It is wonderfully soft and just the right amount of warm!