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Measuring arm length duh 09-18-2006
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Posted by duh on September 18, 2006, 11:17 pm
I'm looking at this Folkwear pattern, and for my chest size, it says I
have a 34 sleeve length. I used to wear 34-35 sleeves on RTW stuff, but
I can't figure out how they are measuring this.

From the ridge of my shoulder, to my wrist, with the elbow slightly
bent, it is about 25.5 inches. How is this usually measured?

Dwight

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"Work like no one is watching,
Dance like you've never been hurt, and
Love like you don't need the money"


=8{B


Posted by duh on September 18, 2006, 11:23 pm
duh wrote:
> I'm looking at this Folkwear pattern, and for my chest size, it says I
> have a 34 sleeve length. I used to wear 34-35 sleeves on RTW stuff, but
> I can't figure out how they are measuring this.
>
> From the ridge of my shoulder, to my wrist, with the elbow slightly
> bent, it is about 25.5 inches. How is this usually measured?
>
> Dwight
>

Found it center of back of neck, around elbow, to the side of the
knuckle bone of the pinky. 35".


--
-------------------------
"Work like no one is watching,
Dance like you've never been hurt, and
Love like you don't need the money"


=8{B


Posted by on September 18, 2006, 11:51 pm
duh wrote:
> duh wrote:
> > I'm looking at this Folkwear pattern, and for my chest size, it says I
> > have a 34 sleeve length. I used to wear 34-35 sleeves on RTW stuff, but
> > I can't figure out how they are measuring this.
> >
> > From the ridge of my shoulder, to my wrist, with the elbow slightly
> > bent, it is about 25.5 inches. How is this usually measured?
> >
> > Dwight
> >
>
> Found it center of back of neck, around elbow, to the side of the
> knuckle bone of the pinky. 35".

Always start too long...

Incidentally, one of the problem with shirts is that if you end up
taking in the torso, the sleeve will now be too short, since the amount
of center back to wrist distance covered by the shirt body is shorter,
meaning the actual sleeve needs to cover more - one unfortunate reason
why alterations to RTW are limited.


Posted by duh on September 19, 2006, 5:57 am
cs_posting@hotmail.com wrote:
> duh wrote:
>
>>duh wrote:
>>
>>>I'm looking at this Folkwear pattern, and for my chest size, it says I
>>>have a 34 sleeve length. I used to wear 34-35 sleeves on RTW stuff, but
>>>I can't figure out how they are measuring this.
>>>
>>> From the ridge of my shoulder, to my wrist, with the elbow slightly
>>>bent, it is about 25.5 inches. How is this usually measured?
>>>
>>>Dwight
>>>
>>
>>Found it center of back of neck, around elbow, to the side of the
>>knuckle bone of the pinky. 35".
>
>
> Always start too long...
>
> Incidentally, one of the problem with shirts is that if you end up
> taking in the torso, the sleeve will now be too short, since the amount
> of center back to wrist distance covered by the shirt body is shorter,
> meaning the actual sleeve needs to cover more - one unfortunate reason
> why alterations to RTW are limited.
>

I only take in the waist, not the chest. On shirts I end up doing a
drop shoulder too.

--
-------------------------
"Work like no one is watching,
Dance like you've never been hurt, and
Love like you don't need the money"


=8{B


Posted by Vikki In WA State on September 19, 2006, 2:20 pm
I understood that in past centuries, there was only one sleeve length in
rtw. If it was too long you used arm bands.

I could be wrong. I have not spent a lot of time costuming.

--
Vikki in WA State


> cs_posting@hotmail.com wrote:
> > duh wrote:
> >
> >>duh wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm looking at this Folkwear pattern, and for my chest size, it says I
> >>>have a 34 sleeve length. I used to wear 34-35 sleeves on RTW stuff,
but
> >>>I can't figure out how they are measuring this.
> >>>
> >>> From the ridge of my shoulder, to my wrist, with the elbow slightly
> >>>bent, it is about 25.5 inches. How is this usually measured?
> >>>
> >>>Dwight
> >>>
> >>
> >>Found it center of back of neck, around elbow, to the side of the
> >>knuckle bone of the pinky. 35".
> >
> >
> > Always start too long...
> >
> > Incidentally, one of the problem with shirts is that if you end up
> > taking in the torso, the sleeve will now be too short, since the amount
> > of center back to wrist distance covered by the shirt body is shorter,
> > meaning the actual sleeve needs to cover more - one unfortunate reason
> > why alterations to RTW are limited.
> >
>
> I only take in the waist, not the chest. On shirts I end up doing a
> drop shoulder too.
>
> --
> -------------------------
> "Work like no one is watching,
> Dance like you've never been hurt, and
> Love like you don't need the money"
>
>
> =8{B
>



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