A Nightgown

I love sleeping in old, ragged, worn out T-shirts. Probably not the most glamorous of bedroom attire but at this point in my life, staying cool during the night matters more than most anything else. Woven cotton is probably cooler but I feel all bound up if I’m sleeping in a woven fabric.

On one of the knitting groups, people were talking about the various thicknesses of the knits and someone mentioned that she felt some of the cotton knits were just too thin to be worn in public. That got me thinking . . thin . . . cotton . . knit . . nightgown!

Nightgown

I slept in it last night and loved it! Comfortable and cool!

I used the Slim Fit Raglan and made the following modifications:

1. I used my regular size pattern but instead of putting the front and back on the fold, I moved them over about 1/2″ which gave me an extra 1″ in the front and back.
2. Instead of cutting the waist so deeply, I make more of a gentle curve so it wouldn’t be so fitted.
3. I cut the sleeves about 1″ wider on each side (for a total of 2″ wider).
4. I cut the bottom 3″ longer.
5. I cut the front neckline deeper so as to have more of a scoop neck.
6. Instead of leaving the neck band as instructed, I folded it over and stitched it down to make it more of a binding (which made the band half as wide and covered the seam allowance).

Perfect!

The fabric is an end of the bolt sale fabric (no longer available) but any light weight cotton jersey fabric would make a great nightgown.