If you’ve been around FC (or Craftster) for long, you might know that I have made a bazillion pairs of boxer shorts for TheMisterT - well, the dogs and I have made them as the grrrls gave them to him for various gift-giving occasions and on here they have become called “funderpants.” Needless to say, he has a ton of funderpants and with the passing of our Delia Dog and the adopting of Vivienne it seems like a good time to find a new gift to make him (over and over). But what?
Then I remembered a briefs pattern I’d seen and decided YES! These are the Comox Brief by Thread Theory and they were pretty easy to put together, especially for a knit which I don’t sew with often.
I may end up adding to the leg length if he likes them enough that I make more. I hope so, because in the last couple weeks of the JoAnn liquidation, I picked up about 5 addition juvenile knit prints and another from the indie fabric store where I bought the pattern. I also accidentally cut one size smaller than I intended… but I was also basing the size of these of two different pairs in his drawers drawer and this pair falls close to the middle of those 2, so maybe it will be just right.
It was my first time ever using a twin-needle and I am pleased with the result considering I’d never used one before. Not perfect, but not awful. These are definitely more complex that the 2-piece boxers I have made so many of, as they have 6 pattern pieces making 11 pieces of fabric + the elastic.
A few details involving all these pieces:
The back bit had a curved seam for forming around a tuckus.
The front has 6 pieces (including binding) for pouching the bits. Ahem. Srsly, I find the pouch part so hilarious! Maybe it’s the just the smiley monsters of this print?
What a fun use for this fabric! Do you have any closeup shots of your double needle work? I’m curious on how that stitch looks (I’ve never used that (those?) needle(s)).
Nice! The pattern looks comfortable with all the shaped parts, even though it’s a lot more work. I’m always a fan of using a double needle, it makes your finished garment look really professional, without having to invest in a coverstitch machine.
@AudiobookLover I can get pic of the practice piece I did a little later. The 'pants have been wrapped already. I’ll try to remember to take a pic of the twin-needle as well.
I think I thought “double” because it feels like the partner to “single” and “single stitch” is a thing people look for in vintage tee shirts, maybe? I got curious and I guess they are also called double-needles, but the package says twin and twin-needle sounds cooler, so I’m going to try to call it that.
Thank you! This is so helpful as I needed this exact information, I just didn’t realize it was out there. I got a serger for Christmas and have plans on making LittleBookLover fun shirts, but I wasn’t sure how I’d get a nice hem on them.
I thought I had to have a cover stitch machine to get this kind of nice finish. I’ve also been trying to figure out how to shorten a long t-shirt and again, thought my options were just limited to my sewing machines stretch stitches. Thank you for this!
They can be a little bit fiddly when you use them for the first time, depending on your machine the tension can be a little bit off and the hem becomes a bit of a “tunnel”. (not sure how to explain that in English properly) so you’d have to adjust the tension a little bit. But once you’ve figured that out, you can get a nice hem pretty easily! They are more expensive than regular needles but not expensive. And as you only use them for hemming, they last a long time.
but I was also basing the size of these of two different pairs in his drawers drawer and this pair falls close to the middle of those 2, so maybe it will be just right.
