At first touch
Loops, recovery and the difference between drape and collapse.
Quality knitwear moves and returns; gauge, yarn and linking determine whether it keeps its line.
What it can do well
- Fully fashioned shaping or thoughtful panel engineering
- Stable ribbing and recovery
- Linked seams that suit the yarn and weight
What deserves a closer look
- Loose, weak yarn at friction points
- Heavy garments with no structural support
- Stretch claims without recovery
Living with it
- Store folded unless the maker advises otherwise
- De-pill gently without thinning the yarn
- Dry flat to restore dimensions