Comment by Wingman4l7
10 days ago
You've likely worn knit socks and T-shirts -- they're machine-knit. A lot of clothing is knit, not woven. Fabric does not have to use big and chunky threads to be knit; the loops can be quite a small gauge in size.
10 days ago
You've likely worn knit socks and T-shirts -- they're machine-knit. A lot of clothing is knit, not woven. Fabric does not have to use big and chunky threads to be knit; the loops can be quite a small gauge in size.
Ah - that makes sense.
I was thinking of hand-knit clothing, which (as you say) tends to be big enough and chunky enough that you can see the stitches.
TIL - thanks :)
You can take a magnifying glass to any old t-shirt you have around. Or these days, you can also just take a snapshot with your smartphone and zoom in.
Compare with what you see on jeans and dress shirts, polo shirts, dress pants, socks, etc. It's quite interesting.