Sleeves
I spent all night tinkering with my sleeve pattern. I'm trying to get it close without being too tight, which required a few attempts. Fortunately I allowed myself more seam allowance than I thought I'd need. I should really make the new shirt I'm planning to wear with this doublet so I can get a more accurate feel for it, or at least put on one of my old shirts. Maybe tomorrow. It looks like I'll have good range of motion front to back, but I don't think I'll be able to raise my arms all the way up without the sides pulling up. I don't know how critical that's going to be. I can touch the top of my head, which is probably good enough, but I think I'm going to try putting a fish-shaped gusset under the sleeve to see if I can get a couple more inches of reach without making it bunch under the arms. The shoulder wings may get in the way as well, I just don't know. Aside from that the sleeve looks pretty good. It's going to have quite a few buttons on it to get it nice and snug to the wrist. It's also curved, with a seam along the back edge from the elbow to the wrist. It bunches at the elbow when my arm is straight, and there's a litle bit of pull across the inside of the elbow, but when my arm is bent (which should be most of the time) It lays nice and flat. I can also fully flex my arm without the sleeve binding.
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