The HIGHLAND cropped sweater has a relaxed boxy cut and pairs nicely over base layers like turtlenecks, T-shirts, and jeans. It can also create a beautiful silhouette when worn over a flowy dress. The sleeves have several different variations: they can either be cropped, elbow-length with binding, or full-length with short cuffs – or you can attach elongated cuffs to the cropped sleeves. The bodice can be lengthened or shortened using the “lengthen/shorten here” lines on the front bodice and back bodice pattern pieces. You can also choose to make a straight hem by simply straightening the hemline at your preferred length.

Bren Larsen is a museum educator based in the Washington, DC area. With degrees in art history and museum education, she is drawn to art in many forms – especially painting, cooking, singing, and sewing.

Fit and size:
Choose your size based on your bust measurement. Add a recommended positive ease of approximately 8"/20 cm at the bust. Pick the size that is the best match for your bust.

Kaisa Alingué is 67"/169 cm tall and cropped sleeve version of HIGHLAND size 3. Kreettaliisa Rahkamaa-Alingué is 67"/170 cm tall and wears navy blue HiGHLAND in size 3.

Fabric recommendations:
HIGHLAND works best with medium to heavy-weight knits or coatings that have little to no stretch (up to 25% horizontal stretch). Suitable fabrics include wool stretch knits, wool coating blends, quilted knits, brushed sweater knits, sweatshirt fleeces, medium/heavyweight French terrys, and scuba. Make sure the fabric is thick enough to create the stand-up collar. The cuffs require a stretchy fabric with good recovery (around 75% horizontal and 25% vertical stretch). Recommended fabrics include ribbing, jersey, other cotton/lycra knits, or bamboo spandex.

The long-sleeved sample sweater is made from “GOTS Certified Brushed Sweat” (100% organic cotton, 8.26 oz/280 gsm) in navy by Ecological Textiles. The cropped sleeve sample sweat- er is made from "Minerva Core Range 100% Boiled Wool Coating Fabric” (approximately 6.19oz/210 gsm) in denim blue from Minerva.

Files:
A4 (home printing) and A0 (copy shop printing) PDF files with layers, sizes nested. Sewing instructions are in a separate PDF file. As an extra, this pattern also includes “Paper saving pdf files” where each size has its own more efficient layout. If you only want to print one size, using these files is one way to reduce the amount of paper needed.

Delivery:
After purchasing, you will receive a link to download the PDF files. There are no delivery charges for the digital patterns, as they are delivered automatically via email immediately after purchase. PDF patterns are only eligible for return and refund if the provided download links have not been used. If the download links have been used, the product will not be refunded.