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Why a woven shirt does not
A woven shirt has straight yarns, so it gives only as far as crimp, bias, or an added elastic allow.
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From the opening
A woven shirt does not stretch the way a knit does because its yarns run mostly straight, crossed over and under, instead of sitting in loops. Pull along a yarn and you are pulling the yarn itself, with no loop waiting to open and donate length. The opening covers straight yarns have no loops, crimp gives a little then stops, and bias stretches by scissoring the grid.
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Inside
- Straight yarns have no loops
- Crimp gives a little then stops
- Bias stretches by scissoring the grid
- Ease has to be cut in
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Yarn crimp and bias stretch in woven cloth
- Why a straight-grain weave lacks loop stretch