Care Label Symbols
A care label uses standard symbols to state which treatments a garment allows. This page explains the five basic shapes, the bars and dots most often overlooked, and four common misreadings.
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Measuring Your Underbust
The underbust is where bra sizing starts. This page gives repeatable steps, the two most common sources of error, and how the measurements convert to a size — and what that conversion cannot do.
Weft Knitting and Warp Knitting
Weft knitting and warp knitting are the two families of knitted fabric. The difference is not in appearance but in which direction the yarn runs — and that governs which way the cloth gives, and whether a snag runs.