![Back rise](backrise.svg) This raises the waist of your trousers at the back. This trouser pattern is based on the drafting method of Winifred Aldrich. One complain I often get is that the back of the trousers is too low. It's a valid complaint too, it is low. This option allows you to mitigate that, without dramatic changes to the pattern. It allows you to simply raise the back of the trousers. ## Effect of this option on the pattern ![This image shows the effect of this option by superimposing several variants that have a different value for this option](theo_backrise_sample.svg "Effect of this option on the pattern")