FITTING TIP
Keep Track of Fitting Order
When I'm adjusting and fitting patterns, I often make an adjustment, test it, and then make a second, third, and maybe fourth adjustment. To keep track of which marking line is the most current one, I mark them in rainbow order (red, orange, green, blue, indigo, and violet). I use a red pen the first time I mark an adjustment. If I adjust the same line again, I mark the new line in orange. If I adjust it again, I use green. (I skip yellow -- it's too hard to see.) So until I trace a final copy of the finished pattern, I can tell by looking which adjustment line reflects the most recent changes.
Unfortunately, this system shows how far I am from my holy grail -- that master set of patterns that no longer needs adjusting. But until I get there, this method keeps me on track.
-- Barbara Snyder
Adapted from Tips department, Threads magazine, February/March 2005 (#117), p. 18.
© 2005 The Taunton Press, Inc.
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