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Knit VS Woven Text
Knit VS Woven Text
Knit VS Woven Text
Woven
Throughout my sewing experiences with Ellie and Mac patterns, I have dealed
with both knits and woven without having a specific preference. My goal is the
pattern and the look it conveys, not the type of fabric itself.
What about you? How many times have you avoided sewing with woven?
And how many excuses have you come up with to not even try to sew a knit
pattern?
Which team are you: Knits or Woven?
Let’s check their main differences! I’ll show you some of my Ellie and Mac
garments along the way.
Generally speaking, fabric falls in these two categories: knits and woven.
In a way too simplistic point of view, we could say that t-shirts are made of
knits and button up shirts are made of woven fabric. But then… we have knits
very little stretch and woven with some stretch percentage! Confused yet??
Wovens usually ask for zippers, buttons and other closures. A knit
pattern can also ask for these, but it’s usually easy to find patterns
without them. This also makes it faster to work with knits… but they can
be kind of tricky to handle and work with: they curl up and tend to
stretch as you sew.