I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
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I also have a brand new, never been opened FS1 suit that goes from the shoulders to the ankles. Can i cut this off at the knees with pinking sheers and have it be legal?
I wouldn't recommend it. The cut edge will either roll up into a really tight curl, Dead Sea scroll fashion, or stretch out and flop around loosely. Find someone who has a sewing machine with a zig-zag stitch, buy him/her a #10 ball-point twin needle with a spacing of about 3/16", and ask to have it hemmed. If this person is experienced with stretch material - a local mother of a gymnast or dancer might be perfect - they'll know how to adjust the thread tension to do it.
Come to think of it, you don't even need the twin needle - I've used a basic z-z stitch to hem lycra and poly knits.
You might even be lucky enough to find someone who has a cover-hem machine, or a serger with a cover-hem option.
I also have a brand new, never been opened FS1 suit that goes from the shoulders to the ankles. Can i cut this off at the knees with pinking sheers and have it be legal?
I wouldn't recommend it. The cut edge will either roll up into a really tight curl, Dead Sea scroll fashion, or stretch out and flop around loosely. Find someone who has a sewing machine with a zig-zag stitch, buy him/her a #10 ball-point twin needle with a spacing of about 3/16", and ask to have it hemmed. If this person is experienced with stretch material - a local mother of a gymnast or dancer might be perfect - they'll know how to adjust the thread tension to do it.
Come to think of it, you don't even need the twin needle - I've used a basic z-z stitch to hem lycra and poly knits.
You might even be lucky enough to find someone who has a cover-hem machine, or a serger with a cover-hem option.
