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rant on elastane

elastane. aka the Bane of Humanity.

Mind you, I admit that elastane in knits is pretty useful, and it helps them do what it's in the nature of knits to do.

But wovens. wovens are supposed to be dimensionally stable, not elastic!

And who in their right mind has *ever* thought “this silk satin would be better if it had a bit of elastane in it”???

(I only had to cut a square, and I had to measure it something like 12 times)

in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Sibylle
Sibylle
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rant on elastane
trousers with elastane are fine, tough. (To me)
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Sibylle yeah, I admit that the jeans I used to buy had elastane in them and I didn't mind it (and if I could find sturdy denim in just cotton and elastane I suspect I would be tempted to buy it).
@Sibylle
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
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In foundries they have rulers oversized to measure patterns and take in account the cast iron shrinkage.
Maybe you can make the same for elastane.
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Gustavino Bevilacqua

the problem isn't that it shrinks or expands in a consistent way. the problem is that, being silk satin, it shifted and moved as if possessed. and when I tried to pull on it gently to try and get a straigth line, the elastane would stretch, and then shift even more when I released it.

And it's not like it's doing anything useful.

@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

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