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Elizabeth🜆
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Possibly they decided blocking would take too long or be too labor intensive.
I've seen an article since writing this thread that the kit is fitting better after steaming.
Nike didn't block the knit kit.
😑 Tell me you made a knit garment without asking a single knitter anything. And without learning a thing from the SciShow's knitting video.
Nike underestimated the difficulty of knitting. I'm guessing that a giant corporation looked at work traditionally done by women and thought "it can't be that hard!" Lol.
It's really interesting theoretically, but clearly not ready for prime time. There is a reason people knitting yolk down sweaters like the very popular Ranunculus try it on as they go, you have to keep checking where the arm hole is placed.
shoulder slopes don't lay flat.
Industrial 3D knitting has been done before, I still have a few of these Honeywell masks with replaceable filter liners. (I'm not at home or I would take a close up.) It's a complicated bit of work, with lots of increases and decreases to make that curve.
It also works because knitting produces stretchy fabric even from non-stretchy yarn. But it also means you have to place the increases and decreases pretty precisely if you want a fitted garment. If there are places where the garment is too tight those will move to reduce stress; sleeves move up
I'm not much of a knitter, but I'm going to yap anyway.
Based on the quote from Nike in this article, it sounds like they tried to design these as single knit garments rather than cut and sewn from flat fabric. This can save a lot on material because there is much less waste.
