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Difference btwn woven and knit?

sunnydays99sunnydays99 member
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I see a lot of ppl here hating on woven - why is that?  Also, I *think* I can tell the difference but I'm not always 100%, can you just tell them apart?
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Re: Difference btwn woven and knit?

  • pixy_stixpixy_stix member
    If you can stretch the fabric, it's a knit.
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  • Hulahoop1234Hulahoop1234
    Wovens don't have the give that knits do, so they usually fit a smaller size range.  Most WAHM CD makers will tell you whether a print is knit or woven up front in their listing.  I don't care so much whether it is knit or woven - I just hate it when I get something that is clearly a very low quality fabric.  You just know that it won't last.  I am kicking myself for buying a NIP woven GM that I just received.  The fabric is bargain bin quality, but I was attached to the print.  Now seeing it in person it is even worse than I though.  Lame.
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  • ejgballerinaejgballerina member
    Ditto.  Knits have more give than wovens so they generally tend to fit better as your LO gets older.  But, my son is 28 lbs and our wovens still fit fine, I just prefer them to have a little more give.  Some say wovens tend to fade less, but I think it more depends on the fabric itself.  I'd say it's pretty impossible for a diaper maker to judge a fabric to see how it maintains its quality over the course of time because that would involve them taking a piece of the fabric and putting it through the weeks of abuse that a diaper would take so that's why you have some knits or wovens that look awesome after a million washes and some that are faders.  :)
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