Knitters: Help us test a new fabric

[lauragayle]

Because I can't be outdone totally by Moose :), I kept poking my sample with the size 0 US/2mm DP. I did actually get through the fabric. Not. Easy. I really had to work to do it, and I think that means that it will rarely happen if ever in actual use.

Darcy, I hope you keep a large supply of fresh sewing needles for your incredible sewers there at TB.

What I thought was VERY cool-- that rubberized stuff seems to be self-healing/self-sealing. It's really hard to tell where the DP poked through on either side of the swatch fabric.

And the cat hair? Seems to fall off the outside of the fabric fairly quickly. Not as quickly as the "inside"-- probably because of texture, but pretty quickly.

Moose, can't wait to hear the woodchipper report... ;)

[Heidi Jill]

Darcy, I sent you an email a while ago with my thoughts - let me know if you didn't get it!

[aiethabell]

I think Moose outdid any testing the rest of us could do, combined! Go Moose.

If the edges of the fabric are finished, I don't think any fiber could be a problem, save maybe a really short-fiber dog hair spin, since cat hair does like the rubberized side, but that's a best-guess trying-to-find-fault.

I didn't think I'd like it much, but I actually wouldn't mind another Swift in this! I kept pulling out yarns thinking, 'ok, this one'll stick' and it didn't.

One big selling point for me is the ease of cleaning the inside of spills. I think we all carry bottles of water, thermoses of tea, coffee, even hot chocolate, and of course sodas in our bags during the commute. I routinely turn my Swift inside out and clean the iinterior of spills. It would be immensely easier to clean the rubberized fabric!

Thank goodness for the yarn stuff sacks, or I'd have self-striped brown socks by the dozens (What color are those socks you're making? Oh, diet Dr. Pepper with latte highlights and a Red Zinger motif...)

[marbenais]

I found that the outside of the sample was a pet fur magnet (with both the cat and the dog who was with us that week). I also found, through safety-pinning the sample to my Small Cafe Bag, that it did get pull-y and pilled and roughed up during my daily commute. After that process, the threads did catch on everything brushed up against the sample.