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Gloves.
The first attempt came out quite well, I think. Obviously, this is all just basted together, and obviously I need to make some adjustments - the index finger is too tight, which I counted on, but I didn't think of the fact that it and the pinky would only have the extra fourchette width on one side, and would have to be adjusted to make up for that, until after I had cut out the pieces. As it turned out, it wasn't that much too tight, and the pinky is just fine; the other two fingers could do with having some width taken our of the fourchettes, they are verging on too loose.
The thumb needs some adjustments, too; the base of it is a bit too large and wide, it's also a little too long and too tight - but now I do get how this way of cutting the thumb area works out, and I can make the gusset that goes up the thumb along the web longer to give some extra width there, and make the thumb itself a better shape. I also made the curved cut where the pointy gusset bits fit deeper as I went along, to make the thumb fit into the cutout. Some of the extra width in the thumb is rather messily eased into the seam, though; doesn't look good.
The fabric used is a thin, close-knit jersey, a cotton mix, I think; it's soft and drapey but not as stretchy as some looser jerseys can be.
All in all, though, I'm pleased. Even with the fit issues this mock-up has, it still fits better than any other glove I've ever worn, and it all worked out much better and much easier than I expected. Fun!
The thumb needs some adjustments, too; the base of it is a bit too large and wide, it's also a little too long and too tight - but now I do get how this way of cutting the thumb area works out, and I can make the gusset that goes up the thumb along the web longer to give some extra width there, and make the thumb itself a better shape. I also made the curved cut where the pointy gusset bits fit deeper as I went along, to make the thumb fit into the cutout. Some of the extra width in the thumb is rather messily eased into the seam, though; doesn't look good.
The fabric used is a thin, close-knit jersey, a cotton mix, I think; it's soft and drapey but not as stretchy as some looser jerseys can be.
All in all, though, I'm pleased. Even with the fit issues this mock-up has, it still fits better than any other glove I've ever worn, and it all worked out much better and much easier than I expected. Fun!