Originally labourers wore smocked aprons. The smock was not only used as decoration, but also had the practical goal to keep together the fabric in strong, small folds.
The advantage of smocking is that you use a patch of textile that exists of one whole. By tying this large patch together in a certain patters a design will appear and the patch will be smaller. After usage this smocked patch can be undone and you will again have the large patch that can be reused.
Currently seams are a problem when recycling textiles, for example with recycling of jeans. They have to be cut loose because they are too thick to process. Because smocked textile is not stitched often there are not many hard seams that have to be cut loose at the processing company when recycling.
But sometimes you do have to tie knots in your yarn when smocking. To enhance the process of recycling or biodegradation you can use the same material for the yarn as the fabric. For example biodegradable yarn (tencel or organic cotton) when you have a biodegradable fabric (tencel or organic cotton)
Refinity used the ‘Canadian smock’ technique to experiment with different shape possibilities. When patterns are tightened they look different than when they are loose, which creates nice effects.
The advantage of smocking is that you use a patch of textile that exists of one whole. By tying this large patch together in a certain patters a design will appear and the patch will be smaller. After usage this smocked patch can be undone and you will again have the large patch that can be reused.
Currently seams are a problem when recycling textiles, for example with recycling of jeans. They have to be cut loose because they are too thick to process. Because smocked textile is not stitched often there are not many hard seams that have to be cut loose at the processing company when recycling.
But sometimes you do have to tie knots in your yarn when smocking. To enhance the process of recycling or biodegradation you can use the same material for the yarn as the fabric. For example biodegradable yarn (tencel or organic cotton) when you have a biodegradable fabric (tencel or organic cotton)
Refinity used the ‘Canadian smock’ technique to experiment with different shape possibilities. When patterns are tightened they look different than when they are loose, which creates nice effects.
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