[sogno]

Last winter I bought a harley of scotland shetland jumper through the site bosie.co.
I really like the sweater and it's pretty inexpensive also.
It fits perfectly in lenght, chest width and sleeves lenght but it was huge in the waist and in sleeves width and I couldn't size down since it's already the smallest size.
It is a seam free sweater and has no seams in the side or sleeves. I decided to have it altered and slimmed down in the waist and in the sleeves width ( since they were way too big for my taste) and now it fits perfectly but obviously it has side seams now, so it lost the feature of being seam free.
Since I'm thinking about getting more sweaters from the said brand, now I have a dilemma.
Do you think being seam-free is such a nice feature that is a shame altering it and have seams added? Should I look into other brands entirely then? Or should I just not care about the added seams as long as they're done well?
The alteration is very cheap at 5€ so it is not a factor.
Thanks a lot.

 

[Fraser Tartan]

You might want to check with Unionmade to see if they still offer Harley sweaters. I've looked at Unionmade's Harley sweaters and they appear to me to be custom made for them to fit slimmer.

 

[TimF]

Have you washed a couple of times? Different washing techniques could yield different shrinkage results. Until you've washed a few times, you don't really have a final size for the sweater.

After the washings, if still too big, you can tailor or try a more aggressive shrinkage technique. Various techniques have been posted on the web; they differ in effectiveness and side effects.

 

[sogno]

You might want to check with Unionmade to see if they still offer Harley sweaters. I've looked at Unionmade's Harley sweaters and they appear to me to be custom made for them to fit slimmer.

I know about unionmade, but I live in Italy and they would end up much pricer shipped from the usa compared to shipping from the uk. Also at bosie.co you have a much wider choice of colours.

Have you washed a couple of times? Different washing techniques could yield different shrinkage results. Until you've washed a few times, you don't really have a final size for the sweater.

After the washings, if still too big, you can tailor or try a more aggressive shrinkage technique. Various techniques have been posted on the web; they differ in effectiveness and side effects.

I would rather avoid trying washing techniques since I'm worried I might ruin the sweaters. I usually wash them cold by hand

 

[TimF]

I would rather avoid trying washing techniques since I'm worried I might ruin the sweaters. I usually wash them cold by hand

When I say "washing" I don't necessarily mean machine washing. Different people have different tolerances for sweater cleaning. I meant wash the sweater a few times, however you wash it (but dry cleaning doesn't count). The sweater may settle into a size you will or won't be comfortable with. You won't know which until it does.

 

[paxonus]

You could try a re-weaving service, but it is expensive. For example, to shorten a sweater in length is about $100.