Pattern updates

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
index 71c4852..268ceb6 100644
--- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
+++ b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880_shirt/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ treasury of domestic information
 <https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012088023/page/718/mode/2up>`_
 from 1880.
 
+While assembling the shirt is a relatively easy project, the pattern
+instructions are from a vintage book (and not one of the best, either),
+so it will require more adjustments to fit the target body than usual
+for a modern pattern.
+
+Before making this shirt in expensive fabric 
+
 This pattern is probably good for a relatively wide range of dates: I've
 seen on the internet grainy scans of ads from the 1860 that seem to use
 a pattern like this one, and it should work up to the Edwardian era, but
@@ -155,6 +162,17 @@ sleeves:
 Instructions
 ------------
 
+Pattern adjustments
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Print the shoulder piece pattern and try it on; make any adjustments to
+it so that it lies nicely, the neck curve follows the base of the neck
+and arrives almost, but not quite, to the neck base in front, leaving
+the space for the button placket.
+
+You may also want to make a fabric mockup for these checks, and then
+bring the changes back to the pattern to cut the final pieces.
+
 Cutting
 ^^^^^^^
 
@@ -164,11 +182,11 @@ Cut the full rectangles for the front and back.
    :align: center
 
 If the fabric is non-directional and has no right and wrong side, the
-best way to cut it is as described on the book: fold the rectangle in
-such a way that the sides will meet precisely in the center and bast
-them together, then fold them in such a way that the distance a – g and
-h – g is the desired width at the cuff, and cut all layers of fabric
-along the fold.
+best way to cut the sleeves is as described on the book: fold the
+rectangle in such a way that the sides will meet precisely in the center
+and bast them together, then fold them in such a way that the distance a
+– g and h – g is the desired width at the cuff, and cut all layers of
+fabric along the fold.
 
 .. figure:: sleeve_cutting_pattern.svg
    :align: center