Got shirt material... color is way too light

[NegativeEleven]

A friend passed on the link to "heather grey 1 x 2 ribbed knit" from fabric.com that he says originated here. It's a very light grey. I'm gonna try dying it with the grey dye I have left over from making Boba Fett gloves. Those always turned out too dark. I'm posting here as a placeholder to put up my progress.

https://www.fabric.com/buy/0451285/2x1-rib-knit-heather-gray

[ST79211]

Dye it, and you should be good to goe 🙂

[NegativeEleven]

just did a little square to test the dye and if I use a little less for the whole 2 yards, I think it will be fine. I'm hoping the pattern I used for my mando vest is close to correct. Should i be changing out the middle to make the ribbing vertical or does that not matter as long as a separate neckseal covers and has vertical ribbing? 

 

I may be adding the underarm mesh (which I also got from fabric.com) and I think sleeves are pretty simple (made my own biker scout vest years ago).

[Weasel]

Sorry to ressurect this, but would this fabric be ribbed enough to be approvable? I might be able to get my hand on ribbed material like this. How about L2? 

[NegativeEleven]

Not sure. I did a pretty bad job attaching the sleeves on the shirt I made with this fabric. I ended up getting a $10 women's sweater from Walmart that had much more defined ribs.

Of course I never tried for approval, so I can't speak to the results of either. I put the whole thing on and found the lack of mobility compared to my biker scout very frustrating. Ended up selling everything but the helmet last year.