Thank you so much. Until I have got the fabric out of the washing machine and dried and then cut out I have no scraps to try playing with. Unfortunately I do seem to pop certainly the armhole seams on wovens, hence that is why I always use that lovely triple straight stitch, but I can see this just disappearing into the knit fabric.
I do have a variety of pressing aids, a Tailor’s Board, a point presser, hams, rolls, brown paper, I just don’t want the fabric stretching out of shape, so I will certainly try on scraps first before going on to the garment.
As I said it is a very long time since I sewed with knits, and I must say the fabrics I then used were much thicker than today’s knits which has thrown me somewhat. I do have a variety of needles, both ball point and stretch in various sizes and also some special cover stitch needles if I decide to do the hems and ends of the sleeve this way – I just need more time!!
Funnily when I was sewing with knits all those years ago, I just used an ordinary pattern for wovens, did ordinary open seams and then top stitched them, and I wore and wore those outfits until they either wore out or I was fed up with them, but as I have said the knit fabric was nothing like today’s knits.