Friend lent me her serger (she's never used it) to figure out how to use until she wants it back which could be a while due to other projects in her queue.
It's definitely a shift to try and think of how to put this thing to use after only using a sewing machine so I got to thinking of making something functional but that would require more fabric when I should stash bust but alls I have is cotton. Open to suggestions.
Anyhow, where do you get technical fabric like Lululemon thickness/gauge or decent knitted fabrics? Thinking of making a sweatsuit sort of set or something. Side question for knitters: is it worth knitting up a pattern like a sweater and serging pieces together? I would say no, it's a timesuck...
Thanks in advance!
I'm about to finish up a 52 square blanket after two years. (Pattern is designed to be a square a week, I have crafting inability to focus. π€£)
Anyway, I'd like to add a fabric backing as the squares are all pieced together and I don't think the back is going to look very nice.
Have you ever added a fabric backing to a knitted piece? How did it go? Tips and tricks?? Type of fabric suggestions/things to avoid?
TIA!!!
Sorry for the weird question. I'm not sure if I'm entirely correct, but please correct me wherever I am wrong.
I dont really have a lot of money to afford higher quality yarn for larger projects, so I've been using acrylic. However, recent discussions that took place in the sub started making me think.
Other than environmental concerns, one of the most frequent criticisms of acrylic is that it doesn't breathe (I still don't fully 100% understand, but from what I've been reading around, it can easily overheat and then get cold if one sweats/rains - and you stay sweaty and wet?)
I've been thinking - if, let's say, I knit a sweater using acrylic yarn, but then I line the inside of the sweater with a breathable fabric such as fleece or wool - would this allow the sweater as a whole to breathe? I don't know if this is correct but here's my thought process:
So in terms of heat and wetness, "wool can absorb it's own weight without the garment feeling wet. When the moisture is absorbed, the wool will generate heat. The heat makes the wool feel comfortable even when sweaty and cold. At the same time, the wool breathes, making you not overheat" ( The Benefits of Wool | Ulvang ) I haven't been able to find much on acrylic in terms of releasing/trapping heat except some forums, but I've seen that acrylic does not retain heat because acrylic keeps you warm not because of your body heat, but because of sweat.( source )
Okay, so like, I'm thinking, look at it this : (brown is a hand, blue is moisture, purple is wool/fleece fabric material, red is the knitted acrylic)
And in terms of like, from the outside (rain or something):
[(Looking from top to bottom) So if it were to rain (blue), then the rain would go through the acrylic, go to th
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Good evening from New England. I am posting this for my partner, who is a textile artist. She does all sorts of special request items.....but she's stumped on a recent request by a groom for a knitted silk or wool bow tie. She's been online and sent her family in LA to a variety of fabric stores, but nobody has this stuff. The crazy thing is that we found them online for sale at a place called John Henric.
Anyway, it's a Hail Mary, but I told her Reddit is shockingly responsive. So does anyone in here have any ideas about tracking this elusive fabric down?
