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Can you Screenprint on a light knit shawl?



 
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Old June 8th, 2009 Jun 8, 2009 8:08:06 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default Can you Screenprint on a light knit shawl?

I got these great light knit shawls from HTNaturals and I wanted to screen something on them. I use Matsui waterbased ink. I've never done anything except t-shirts. Will this work on a knit?

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Default Re: Can you Screenprint on a light knit shawl?

T-shirts are a knit. I'm not familiar with the HTNaturals shawls specifically, but if the surface is reasonably smooth then it shouldn't present a problem.
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T-shirts are a knit. I'm not familiar with the HTNaturals shawls specifically, but if the surface is reasonably smooth then it shouldn't present a problem.
No, it's not totally smooth. It's a light sweater knit, not t-shirt cotton knit. It's stretchy and kinda like a ribbed surface. So I'm thinking not.

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No, it's not totally smooth.
It doen't need to be totally smooth, just not too chunky The kind of thing I think of when I think "shawl" would be too uneven though - but maybe this is different. I assume the item is too expensive to want to just test it and see what happens? Is there a product photo? Hopefully someone could give you a better opinion from that.
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It doen't need to be totally smooth, just not too chunky The kind of thing I think of when I think "shawl" would be too uneven though - but maybe this is different. I assume the item is too expensive to want to just test it and see what happens? Is there a product photo? Hopefully someone could give you a better opinion from that.
This is the photo from htnaturals
HTnaturals offers you organic and eco friendly fashions!
but you can't really see much.

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Default Re: Can you Screenprint on a light knit shawl?

Looks like a 2x2 rib. If I had to hazard a guess (and unfortunately it would be a guess) I'd say printing on it would present some challenges, but it would be possible.
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