07-26-2016, 11:12 PM | #11 |
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07-27-2016, 01:08 AM | #12 |
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07-27-2016, 07:16 AM | #13 |
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Re: Scarves: Fashionable--but fatal?
Another comment on the strength of hand-knit fabric:
My neighbor's mom was a passionate knitter. This certainly influenced the family's fashion and interior decor, but notable is that all the dishrags, dishtowels, and washcloths in the house were knitted, and they really survived the kind of abuse that implies. She used very thick yarn and thick-gauge needles, so they had a rather spongy consistency and a highly textured surface that was good at holding water and scrubbing stuff. You have to hand wash wool knit clothing, but that's because of the problems with stretching, and (worst case) if a machine catches the yarn somewhere and pinches it off, the whole thing turns into a mess of yarn tying up your machine and clothing and that's pretty much the end of that. Apparently you can cut knitted fabric somehow for sewing, but it's some sort of mastercraft to do, rather than something you do casually with scissors.
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07-27-2016, 07:28 AM | #14 | |
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Oh, and of course, when sewing the final garment/article, one must make sure to properly hem any non-selvedge edges so they don't unravel. Can you tell my mothers growing up were seamstresses and costumers? :o) |
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07-27-2016, 08:05 AM | #15 |
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How could the OP not go with Scarves: Fatally fashionable?
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07-27-2016, 03:54 PM | #16 |
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