Sven: FreeSewing's Sven Sweatshirt

About Sven

Sven is a straightforward sweater.

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Measurements

Required Measurements

• Biceps circumference
• Chest circumference
• Hips circumference
• HPS to bust
• HPS to waist back
• Neck circumference
• Shoulder slope
• Shoulder to shoulder
• Shoulder to wrist
• Waist circumference
• Waist to armpit
• Waist to hips
• Wrist circumference

Optional Measurements

• High bust

Design Options

• Conditional Options
  • Armhole depth factor (legacy)
    Controls the depth of the armhole. Higher values make a deeper armhole. This option only applies to the legacy (v2) way of calculating the armhole depth.
  • Armhole depth
    Controls the depth of the armhole. Higher values make a deeper armhole.
  • Draft for high bust
    Draft the pattern using the high bust measurement if it is available, instead of using the chest measurement. This can result in a more fitted garment for people with breasts. (Please note that no additional adjustments or shaping is performed. Further manual adjustments may be needed for those with a larger difference between high bust and chest measurements.)
• Fit
  • Biceps ease
    The amount of ease at your upper arm. Note that while we try to respect this, fitting the sleeve to the armhole takes precedence over respecting the exact amount of ease.
  • Chest ease
    The amount of ease at your chest.
  • Collar ease
    The amount of ease around your neck
  • Cuff ease
    The amount of ease at your wrist.
  • Hips ease
    Controls the amount of ease at your hips (the bottom of the sweater)
  • Ribbing stretch
    The amount of negative ease to apply to the ribbing used for cuffs and hem.
  • Shoulder ease
    The amount of ease at your shoulder. This increases the shoulder to shoulder distance to accommodate additional layers or thickness.
• Style
  • Length bonus
    The amount to lengthen the garment. A negative value will shorten it.
  • Ribbing
    Whether to finish the hem and cuffs with ribbing or not.
  • Ribbing height
    The height of the ribbing on cuffs and hem.
  • Shoulder seam shift: armhole side
    Increase this option to shift the shoulder seam forward on the armhole side. Decreasing it shifts it backwards.
  • Shoulder seam shift: collar side
    Increase this option to shift the shoulder seam forward on the collar side. Decreasing it shifts it backwards.
  • Sleeve length bonus
    The amount to lengthen the sleeve. A negative value will shorten it.
• Advanced
  • Across back factor
    Controls your across back width as a factor of your shoulder to shoulder measurement.
  • Back neck cutout
    How deep the neck is cut out at the back
  • Front armhole extra cutout
    How much do you want the front armhole to be cut out deeper than the back.
  • Legacy armhole depth
    Enable this option to use the legacy way to calculate the armhole depth (using biceps circumference) rather than the v3 way (using the waist to armpit measurement)
  • Shoulder slope reduction
    The amount by which the shoulder slope is reduced to allow for shoulder padding.
  • Sleeve width guarantee
    Controls how much of the sleeve width will be guaranteed. This determines how much we can alter the sleeve width to fit the sleeve in the armhole.
  • Sleevecap
    • Sleevecap back X
      Controls the placement of the sleevecap back pitchpoint on the X-axis (horizontal)
    • Sleevecap back Y
      Controls the placement of the sleevecap back pitchpoint on the Y-axis (vertical)
    • Sleevecap ease
      The amount by which the sleevecap seam is longer than the armhole seam.
    • Sleevecap front X
      Controls the placement of the sleevecap front pitchpoint on the X-axis (horizontal)
    • Sleevecap front Y
      Controls the placement of the sleevecap front pitchpoint on the Y-axis (vertical)
    • Sleevecap Q1 offset
      Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the first quadrant (front armhole)
    • Sleevecap Q1 downward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap first quadrant curvature towards the armhole
    • Sleevecap Q1 upward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap first quadrant curvature towards the shoulder
    • Sleevecap Q2 offset
      Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the second quadrant (front shoulder)
    • Sleevecap Q2 downward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap second quadrant curvature towards the armhole
    • Sleevecap Q2 upward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap second quadrant curvature towards the shoulder
    • Sleevecap Q3 offset
      Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the third quadrant (back shoulder)
    • Sleevecap Q3 upward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap third quadrant curvature towards the shoulder
    • Sleevecap Q3 downward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap third quadrant curvature towards the armhole
    • Sleevecap Q4 offset
      Controls the curvature of the sleevecap in the fourth quadrant (back armhole)
    • Sleevecap Q4 upward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap fourth quadrant curvature towards the shoulder
    • Sleevecap Q4 downward spread
      Controls the spread of the sleevecap fourth quadrant curvature towards the armhole
    • Sleevecap top X
      Controls the horizontal location of the sleevecap top.
    • Sleevecap top Y
      Controls the height of the sleevecap. A higher value results in a higher and more narrow sleevecap.

Design Parts

ID	Description
brian.base	Base
brian.back	Back
brian.front	Front
sven.front	Front
sven.back	Back
brian.sleevecap	Sleevecap
brian.sleeve	Sleeve
sven.sleeve	Sleeve
sven.cuff	Cuff
sven.waistband	Waistband

Plugins used

ID	Description
@freesewing/plugin-bust	A FreeSewing plugin that helps with bust-adjusting menswear patterns

Designer Notes

I don't knit, but I do tend to be cold all the time. So I do like sweaters. Hence why I designed this sweater pattern, because I prefer to make clothes rather than buy them.

It's a pretty simple design, essentially a light variation of the Brian block that it is based on.

joost

What You Need

To make Sven, you will need the following:

• Basic sewing supplies
• About 1.75 meters (1.9 yards) of a suitable fabric (see Fabric options)
• Ribbing fabric for the cuffs and neck opening

A serger/overlock is nice, but optional

As with all knitwear and stretch fabrics, a serger/overlock will make your life easier.

If you do not have one of those, don't despair. You don't really need it. Because these side seams and shoulder seams won't get stretched out, you can just sew them with a regular straight stitch.

Fabric Options

Sven can be any sweatshirt you want it to be. From wovens to knit or even scuba, you can't really go wrong as long as you stick with something that has a bit of weight to it.

Have a look at the Sven showcases for inspiration.

Cutting Instructions

Sven is a very simply pattern, and consists of two main parts plus some strips for the neck and armhole binding.

• Main fabric
  • Cut 1 back on the fold
  • Cut 1 front on the fold
  • Cut 2 sleeves with good sides together
• Ribbing fabric
  • Cut 1 strip for the neck opening binding
  • Cut 2 strips for the cuffs
  • Cut 1 strip for the hem

Caveats

The ribbing parts are not included on the pattern because they're just rectangular.