How to source velvet for knitwear
Sourcing velvet for knitwear on FabStitch starts in the marketplace, not in a second essay about the fibre.
Search
Filter toward velvet and open only cards that can serve knitwear. For knitwear, the brief needs dimensional stability. A useful hand note is stable loop structure.
Share the fabric URL with the team. A screenshot does not carry the spec.
Read the cloth
Velvet is filed here as pile. One reason to open it is works in apparel and selected interiors when specified correctly. One reason to sample is crush marks and seam behaviour need sampling.
Related materials buyers also open include silk, cotton, polyester. They are neighbours, not substitutes.
Inquire
Name the knitwear piece, the quantity and the fabric URL. Ask about crush marks and seam behaviour need sampling if the page is silent.
Do not invent a price, a lead time or a test report.
Questions
- Does every velvet work for knitwear?
- No. dimensional stability still has to match the published construction.