Ponte de Roma - Precious Sapphire

Specifications:

Weight: Light

GSM: 230

Composition: 95% Polyester  5% Elastane

Width: 146cm / 57.5inch

Widthwise Stretch: 30-40%

Lengthwise Stretch: 10-20%

Colour:

Precious Sapphire, precious in name and nature, this beautiful jewel-hued Royal blue Ponte de Roma is fit for a Pharoah. Perfect teamed with other jewel hues of emerald, teal, rich magenta and citrine gold. Alternatively team with classic red and fresh white for instant nautical chic!

Properties:

This quality lightweight Ponte double jersey has a seriously soft feel and a malleable drapey handle. Featuring an excellent retentive two-way stretch.

This polyester and elastane Ponte de Roma is, easy to wear and easy to care with a delicious drape. Knitted in a superfine close horizontal ribbed knit that has good opacity against the skin but is slightly translucent when held to the light and when overstretched.

Garment Suggestions:

Precious Sapphire will make versatile casual styles or fashion-led designer style pieces depending on the patterns and styles you choose. The perfect partner to your existing wardrobe. Start with simple T-shirt tops, then experiment by adding puffed sleeves, ruffles and gathers. Extend these simple styles into dresses and tunics. Add simple loose jogger-style trousers with elastic waists, or pencil & tube skirts, hoodies and sweatshirt dresses. These will all become key pieces in your wardrobe.

Branch out into more adventurous projects and create versatile cardigans and coatigans. You can even make the most elegant drapey occasion wear dresses and jumpsuits that will look worthy of red carpet events from this superb Ponte de Roma.

For further ideas take a look at Wendy Ward's: A Beginner's Guide To Sewing With Knitted Fabrics. There are excellent easy-make projects and patterns in this fantastic book, most of which we've already tried and tested ourselves.