[amayausers] Re: Digitizing for jersey knit golf shirts
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QUOTE: ----- Originally posted by Wishes:
Do any of you have suggestions for digitizing a design for jersey knit golf
shirts? I have a 1.5 in capital H with an animal head in the middle. I am
trying to get coverage without puckering. Thanks for the help. Margaret
----- Yes, Margaret...there are some very important issues that need to be
taken into account when digitizing for most knits. First of all, if you are
using 75/11 needles, make sure you don't have any stitches that are less than
1mm in length. Also, the proper underlay is extremely important in order to
keep the stitches from sinking into the fabric...and it will also allow you to
keep the top stitch densities from being too high - a common cause of
puckering. Also, make sure your stitches are fairly uniform around curves.
Quite often you'll see designs that have very widely spaced stitches around the
outside edges of arcs, while the inside of those arcs will have stitches that
are much too close together, resulting in puckering and thread breaks.
One other thing...keep the angle of your stitches in mind so that you don't
have any fills that "fall into" the weave of the knit. This will help keep the
garment's fabric color from showing through the top fills.
Of course, even if you have digitized the design correctly, you'll still need
to be prudent about the backing, hooping & thread tensions, or otherwise all
your good digitizing might be wasted! :(
Regards,
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