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Originally Posted by Arella
No...knits and stretch fabrics need much shaper needles!
just check your needles for your sewing machine... the stretch needles
are very sharp and smaller points...
its much easier to pierce the fabric!
I learned thru trial and error... and a few hundred spent in sewing and design classes...
I was thinking there are so many things that effect sewing stretch fabric.. knits, jersey... on a sewing machine... and ofcourse you need a good machine...
I ruined many a beautiful knit fabric back in the day before I knew any better and before I had my Pfaff machine!
But I think Firefly is hand beading am I right??
I like the hoop idea btw |
I'm really not following your logic. From the Threads magazine website:
Ballpoint and stretch needles
Uses: Ballpoint needle for heavier, looser sweater knits; stretch needle for highly elastic fabrics, like
Spandex, or Lycra.
Configuration: Both have rounded points that penetrate between fabric threads rather than pierce them. (Stretch-needle point is slightly less rounded than ballpoint.)
So stretch needles are not sharp!