Fully-Fashioned Knitwear
“Fully-fashioned” is a quiet quality signal. It means the garment was shaped on the knitting machine, not cut from fabric — and you can see it at the seams.
Fully-fashioned knitting shapes each panel directly on the machine by adding or reducing stitches — narrowing for an armhole, widening for a body. The pieces come off already shaped, then they're linked together.
How to spot it
Look near the seams for fashioning marks — small, deliberate stitch transfers where the shaping happened (you'll see them on quality raglan and set-in sleeves). They're a hallmark of proper knitwear, not a flaw.
Why it matters
- Better fit — shaping is engineered into the knit, not approximated by cutting.
- Minimal waste — panels are knitted to shape, so there's little to no offcut.
- Clean, stable edges — selvedges don't fray or curl the way cut edges can.
- A quality signal — recognised by buyers as a step above cut-and-sew knit.
Where it sits: cut-and-sew cuts panels from fabric (seams + waste); fully-fashioned knits shaped panels then links them (seams, minimal waste); WHOLEGARMENT knits the whole thing seamlessly (no seams, near zero waste).
What we do
Fully-fashioned flat-knit on Stoll and Shima Seiki is our bread and butter, alongside seamless WHOLEGARMENT. It's why our pieces fit and finish like proper knitwear should. See capabilities or send a brief.
Ready to make it?
Send a tech pack, a reference garment or a brief. We respond within one business day with a capacity check, indicative pricing and a sample timeline — direct with the founder.