Okay, first draft on the fabric reference is a mess of 10,500 words, and this is a good place to stop for the night. I have a vague outline, but it’s actually easier to stream of consciousness what I would teach someone and then build the outline from those points and move around what needs to move.
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Whoever outsourced cutting to minimally skilled labor with no training needs to be fed mushy unseasoned pasta for life.
There’s also a method for knits that needs a minion (or two) that prewashes, then match selvedges, look for the off-grain swoop of fold, move one selvedge until it disappears, baste and press.
I have some commercial items that are… weird, and just like you said, they make me strongly dislike wearing them.
(The other half is the plastic because we decided without deciding that shirts should last for five centuries but only be worn for five months.)
It’s one of the reasons sizing is so very off sometimes.
We explained in not kind terms that it wouldn't work.
He didn't like being corrected.
Which can affect sizing, but if done correctly, will keep everything on grain.
But it’s never done correctly. That’s expensive. And enshittification was basically born in the import garment trade.