Style Arc Preston Knit Sweater

This was one of those patterns that as soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to make it. This Style Arc Preston sweater is made from a heather gray knit blend (I cannot, for the life of me, remember what it is). But the fabric is most likely a ponte knit. It doesn’t have a tremendous amount of stretch, but it has enough and it keeps its shape.

The Pattern

I was intrigued by this Style Arc Preston knit sweater because it has a sweatshirt look but with pockets. The raglan sleeve design makes it an easy wearing and comfy top. I see this as being something that’s very versatile.

Because I’m at home most of the time, it’s important to have something comfortable to wear.

As far as sewing this, it went together fairly easily. The only thing that I did have some issues with was the pocket construction. The pockets seem to be a bit smaller than they’re supposed to be. You can read about the pattern here. If you’ve ever used Style Arc patterns, they don’t have a lot of explanations/instructions with their patterns. But, the illustrations are very clear.

The comfort and style of the pattern reminds me of the toaster sweater I made a while back. I definitely see this as a pattern to make again. One thing that I really like about Style Arc is that I don’t have many if any fitting issues. I can base my pattern size off of the sizing chart.

Also, what I have is a PDF pattern. I think there may have been shipping issues for paper patterns due to the pandemic. I put the pattern pieces together in less than 30 minutes. Because I wanted this as a weekend project, I didn’t care about it being a PDF.

This is a great weekend project and great to wear on the weekend (or any other day)!

I hope you all are well. I appreciate you.

Let me know in the comments what projects you’re working on.

I have many more Fall sewing projects to make!