In this tutorial I'm going to be talking to a little bit about stretch fabrics, knits, joses, whatever you prefer to it as, I'm calling it D-leaf and this is fashion sewing blog. Stretch fabrics. Now the properties of stretch fabrics is all about the knit and that is how the fabric is actually made. Now knit is what gives it its stretch and basically if you think of a jumper or a joseph quote unquote it's all about how they are, the yarns are kind of like woven together and that is by loops. I'm trying to break this down as simplified as I possibly can and with loops in fabric gives it its stretchability. Now let me show you here. Now I've got a wall knit here and you can see if you can think of if you do any knitting if you can think of it in those terms and when you knit you're actually creating loops and that is what gives it its stretchability. Yes that's the way you need to think of it and that way as well. Okay and as I said right that it comes in different weights and this is a lightweight and it is a wall and it's a plain plain weave so we've got knit that side and pull that side you can think of it in those terms. And another one here that I've got is a double knit and it's quite thick and it's more manageable than the previous one I've shown you and it's a much more firmer type of fabric as you can see and there's a stretch, it stretches lengthwise and crosswise. There's more stretch, lengthwise and there is crosswise and that's basically because it's quite tightly woven together. And another type of stretch fabric is one here. You tend to find this is used in swimwear, sportswear and even lingerie as well. Now this has lycra in it and it stretches so you can see there's an amazing amount of stretch in that and it stretches both ways. So it's got four way stretch just like the two I've just shown you and it's a beautiful fabric to work with and has many properties and that as I've just said is what you would use for sportswear and lingerie for example. Now here's another stretch fabric what's strictly speaking this is not a knitted fabric. The only reason why I put it in a category of stretch fabric is actually woven and as you can see here this phrase so that's a very good clue that it's actually a woven fabric because it's actually frayed and it's a plain weave and it has a little bit about stretch that way, it's crosswise grain and the same amount of stretch I was supposed in the lengthwise grain and it's actually lycra, there's a certain percentage of lycra that would be in this that will give it its stretch and that's just basically making woven fabric a lot more manageable and easier to wear. So with this video it's mainly about knits that I'm talking about. So there we have it, we have a woven that has got lycra in it, that's knitted and we've got this knitted one which is mainly referred to as lycra fabric or spandex some of you may have know it as and then we've got the double knit and then we have the wall single knit weave. So there you have it, just a general overview of knitted fabric. I hope you found this general overview of stretch fabric helpful, items that you can actually make stretch fabrics with our t-shirts for example leggings, lucrative tops and we can also use them for fitigarmants as well, it's all about how you want to use your fabrics and also the choice that you actually make with your fabric that you want to use whether it's going to be lightweight or heavy heavyweight and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me and I'll see you next time.