Good morning,
I am very pleased with my first fitting, shrinking with the iron made a big difference.
My initial thoughts are:
letting out the fork?
There is a slight buckling back of knees. Does the back of the trousers need to be raised?
The darts at the back are slightly pronounced, is that ok?
Any comments/suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
Paul,
It looks like you might have more seat than you need. I would concentrate on solving this, and the Pronounced darts and buckling at the back of the knee will most likely clear up a bit after the seat alteration. It might be a matter of fork depth. I am no expert, but I am very slowly making trousers as well from Rory's draft. I have attached a few pages from "Classic Tailoring Techniques" by Roberto Cabrera and Patricia Flaherty Meyers.
Overall I think your trousers look pretty good. But of course we all want the perfect fit. Best of luck.
-Asher
Hi Paul,
although I haven't made any trousers with Rory's method yet, I'd be tempted to take the backside in a bit at the side seams, starting from the lowest point of your pockets.
That might straighten up the sligt fold at your center back seam and take it in at the hips too, there seems to bit just a bit of "bulk" there. Also, the darts might disappear a bit.
As far as the buckling goes: I would shorten the length a bit, as it seems to be resting on the shoe quite heavily.
Again: Those would be my attempts, based upon the trousers I've made so far. Cheers
JK