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The Skill Level is a number between 1 and 10 indicating
what degree of experience you will need in order to accomplish the task successfully.
The higher the number, the more skill is needed. The skill levels are only
a guide, so don't take them too literally.
Will I be able to do it? Method 1
Review this table to get an overview
of skill levels:
| SL |
Example Topic |
Comments |
| 3 |
Let Out Pants |
Working alongside an existing seam
without the need for alignment of different parts of the garment is not usually
difficult. |
| 4 |
Shorten Straight Leg Pants |
No adjustment of the side seam is
required, so this is easier than the next example. |
| 5 |
Shorten Narrow Tapered Pants |
Adjustment of side seam in order
to get the hem flat requires some skill. |
| 7 |
Shorten Pants with Turn Up/Cuff |
Formation of a replacement turn up
(or cuff) is moderately difficult. |
| 8 |
Lengthen Lined Sleeve |
This involves a combination of fairly
difficult tasks on a tapered sleeve. |
| 9 |
Shorten Pleated Skirt from Waist |
Realignment of pleats and readjustment
of the waist width as a combined operation can be quite difficult. |
| 10 |
Shorten Buttoned Lined Sleeve |
This is extremely difficult to do
because of the reformation of the buttoned vent. |
Will I be able to do it? Method 2
Compare the skill levels with what you
know:
If you have successfully completed (or know by
reading through the steps that you would be able to successfully complete) a given
topic with a given skill level, then you will be able to assess the degree of
difficulty of another topic by comparing the skill level numbers.
Example 1:
You have done (or know you would be able to do) topic "X" which is graded
as skill level 5.
Now you want to do topic "Y" which is graded as skill level 3.
Obviously, this will be easier so you can confidently go ahead with topic "Y".
Example 2:
You have done topics "X" and "Y". The highest graded
topic was "X" at skill level 5.
Now you want to do topic "Z" with a skill level of 6.
Review and compare the steps in topic "X" with those in topic "Z".
There will be at least one step in topic "Z" which involves a particular
skill not required in topic "X".
Consider the operations and new skills needed. Have you ever done this before?
Or do you consider this to be "do-able"? If the answer to either
question is "Yes", then you should go ahead.
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