Re: What makes a fabric form those annoying "pills"?

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:15:58 -0700, LurfysMa <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

What causes some fabrics to pill up? Or, more importantly, what should
I look for in a cotton fabric that will not do this.

My mother used to tell me that polycotton that was at least 60% cotton
wouldn't pill. Since I can't stand any poly at all -- it "suffocates"
me -- I have no recent experience to back this up.

Joy Beeson
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