I just got this pattern in the mail and was really excited to dive in to make the tunic as a canvas for a variety of embroidery designs. But when I opened the envelope and looked for the instructions, this is what I found.
All 19 steps are crammed onto a single sheet, and the text is TINY! I mean, we’re talking the size of the text you see on the nutrition panel of a very small pack of crackers. I put a pencil in the center of the sheet to give you some idea of scale.
Is it too much to ask pattern designers to remember that those of us who sew are a dying breed? Most people over the age of 40 need glasses for close-up reading, and even with glasses it is a strain when the size of a text font is smaller than 12 points. By my estimation (from having been in print publishing all my life), I’d guess that the instructions are probably 6 points. (There are 72 points in one inch, so basically this means the instructions are around 1/12″ tall.)
Do I still intend to sew the tunic? Sure. But only after I scan the instructions as a super-high resolution document that can be read without causing my eyeballs to pop a vein.