Re: why do pinking sheers work ?

robb wrote:
I do not understand why pinking sheers seem to work at lessening
fraying ?

Seems like they should make fraying worst but that is not the
case in my limited experimental evidence
robb


The reason they work is that they make bias cuts, which do not ravel.

Try this: Take a piece of woven cotton fabric, and cut it on the bias, or at a 45 degree angle (which is the true bias of fabric). Then try to make it fray. You'll see why the constant /\/\/\/\/\/\ of pinking keeps the fabric from fraying.

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Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
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