Advice on resources for Ragland sleeve pattern drafting (knits)

[Nina]

Hi, I really want to draft a good Ragland Sleeve pattern in knits (like a T-shirt), but for some reason this is not described in any of my resources. Do any of you have a recommendation for a book (link, blog, youtube - everything would be interesting here) regarding this?

[Pneumarian]

have you tried:

Raglan Sleeves with Rotate and Union tools

This thread continues a discussion from the Issues list. @Timo_Virtaneva asked for a tool to move Draw mode pattern pieces together to create a Raglan sleeved pattern. Unfortunately this tool isn’t possible, as points from different pattern pieces in Draw mode can’t be joined. But there is a more accurate way to create a Raglan sleeved pattern than placing pattern pieces together and drawing lines between them. This method needs less manual correction at the final fitting stage and will morph c…

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How join 2 pieces detail from pattern piece A and B etc

Hello I have a problem with join pieces from pattern A and B. It’s in raglan sleeve. I have bodice (front and back on construction mesh for baby body) in A and sleeve in B. I need to draw raglan sleeve so I must move pieces next to neck on front and back to top of sleeve. Is it possible? I found on forum topic with raglan but is different situation.

At least one book was mentioned in the first one, by @Grace.

[Dina]

Maybe this can help:

Raglanshirt für große Größen konstruieren › M.Müller & Sohn

It’s German but the drawing could be helpful.

[Grace]

@Nina

I really want to draft a good Ragland Sleeve pattern in knits

I started off my pattern making with Metric Pattern Cutting for Women’s Wear by Winifred Aldrich, and I find that her instructions are very easy to follow on Seamly2D. She has a very nice section on raglan sleeves.

I hope this helps. Please don’t hesitate to ask if you get stuck.

[Nina]

Grace, thank you so much! This book is also one of my go-to books, but I have completely missed this! I found it now, thanks to you!

[Grace]

Hi, @Nina

This is a very nice and easy way of doing raglans on Seamly2D that @slspencer posted in 2016, that may help: Raglan Sleeves with Rotate and Union tools