the.com/jersey knit
The fabric that lets your t-shirt hug you back instead of just sitting there.
means A stretchy, single-knit fabric made by looping yarn in interlocking rows, giving it natural give in every direction instead of the rigid crosshatch of woven cloth.
from Named for the island of Jersey in the English Channel, where fishermen and sailors wore tightly knit wool sweaters — practical, elastic garments built to move with the body. The knitting technique took the island's name, and by the 19th century 'jersey' had come to mean the fabric itself, long before it ended up as your favorite tee.
- origin
- named after the island, not the sports uniform
- structure
- interlocking loops, not woven threads
- stretch secret
- one direction gives way more than the other
- original use
- underwear fabric before it became high fashion