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why do pinking sheers work ? robb 04-08-2008
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Posted by robb on April 9, 2008, 2:25 pm

"Karen Maslowski" <"sewstorm at f u s e dot com"> wrote in
> 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.
> --
> Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Thanks Karen and thanks to everyone who responded.

I did not know that about the bias cut but that makes sense to
me.

So does that mean one does *not* use pinking sheers on the true
bias ?

because the pinking bias-izer would be countered by the true bias
making lots of little pinked / cross grain cuts ?

thanks again,
robb


Posted by Karen Maslowski on April 9, 2008, 8:03 pm
robb wrote:
>
> Thanks Karen and thanks to everyone who responded.
>
> I did not know that about the bias cut but that makes sense to
> me.
>
> So does that mean one does *not* use pinking sheers on the true
> bias ?
>
> because the pinking bias-izer would be countered by the true bias
> making lots of little pinked / cross grain cuts ?
>
> thanks again,
> robb
>
You're welcome. And no, it doesn't make any difference whether the
fabric is on bias or not, because the short, diagonal cuts are what
reduces fraying.

--
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Posted by Kay Lancaster on April 9, 2008, 5:42 am
> 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

Fraying in wovens is always worst along the perfectgrain or crossgrain,
less when you get offgrain, and no fraying at all on the bias.

So what pinking does is to allow you to make a cut that's generally along the
grainlines, but on a smaller scale consists of a bunch of little tiny
bias cuts from the teeth.

Kay (who found out fairly early on that pinked bias ravels)



Posted by Kirsty Wursty on April 9, 2008, 9:07 am

>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


I have never cared for pinking shears and far prefer an overlock stitch or,
barring that , a zigzag finsh to prevent fraying.

Kirsten


Posted by Joy Beeson on April 10, 2008, 2:40 am
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:07:10 -0500, "Kirsty Wursty"

> I have never cared for pinking shears and far prefer an overlock stitch or,
> barring that , a zigzag finsh to prevent fraying.

I use pinking shears most often for an edge that's going to be inside
something where a straight line would show through.

Joy Beeson
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