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This thread contains a long list of options, some I heard of, some I ain’t! But in all these options, there is one missing…
Make your own shirt, or if that isn’t an option, convince the wife to do it…
I bought a pendalton shirt last year in 3X because I normally wear 2X. Well before the winter was over the shirt was handed down to my 11 year old boy. and it barely fit him. What a joke.
Shirt patterns and wool are cloth are available at much reduced costs. And making the shirt isn’t that a big a deal for someone in the know.
Trick is to wash the wool half a dozen times before you make the shirt so that it is good an preshrunk.
The good thing for the seamstress is that he/she now has your presents figured out for the rest of your life!
In my case, I have all the wool socks, sweaters, and shirts I can use… and a new beauty of a shirt coming this xmas…
I always know what I’m getting because of the pre-present-giving-fittings and pin stickings…