how to keep the knees in jeans from stretching.

[partytaco]

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[horriblyjollyjinx]

you cant. what you can do is wet the knees and let them dry, then they'll shrink back.

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[partytaco]

maybe i just have knobbier knees then most...but seriously i don't see blownout knees on other peoples jeans like i see on mine. i'm wondering if it has something to do with starching the back of the knees and then putting them on wet because it seems like the jeans i don't starch basically the ones that are unwashed don't have this problem.

[rnrswitch]

It probably is from starching the knees and then putting them on and bending your knees putting strain on the fabric. If you just spray some water on the knee area and let them sit the jeans should shrink back to normal.

[greentalks43]

I have that problem all the time.

"Patience, both we and our words are overproduced by influence"

[frideswide]

First, don't wear them while wet or damp (regardless what people say...). Secondly, you don't say what kind of jeans they are, but the higher quality heavier denim will stretch less than the lower quality stuff.

[Tyler]

Buy a pair of stilts?

Don't mean to be facetious but I don't see how you can stop this - especially when wearing skinny jeans...

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[BumbaClot]

(Edit) wetting the knees of my pants shrunk them a bit but not much. I even tried wetting the knees then putting them in the dryer on high.

Edited by BumbaClot on Nov 29, 2005 at 09:54 PM

[horriblyjollyjinx]

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wetting the knees doesn't work i've tried. I even tried wetting the knees then putting them in the dryer on high. no help.

--- Original message by BumbaClot on Nov 29, 2005 11:45 AM

works great for me every time.

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[colin]

dont crouch or cross your legs or bend your knees at <90 degree angles

[Tyler]

Never wear jeans that are wet!!! This is why your knees are blowing out. If you wear your jeans wet of course they're going to stretch and not retract! Obvious surely? And why wear them wet in any case? All clothes worn wet will get stretched out of shape and then when they do finally dry they'll dry in that bent out of shape shape! A surefire way to ruin your clothes.

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[Tyler]

I wouldn't wear your clothes damp at all - cotton/denim is made of thread don't forget and the thread is all interconnected so it makes sense that what you are doing may distort your clothes.

As a matter of interest - why do you starch the back of the knee and then make them damp? What does this achieve?

I am certain that this starch/damp process is making your jeans particularly susceptible to distortion - all jeans stretch at the knee and at other places but if its' particularly bad then it might be because what you are doing is also particular...if you know what I mean.

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[wild_whiskey]

After a while they'll stretch out so much that they just sort of flop over and sag down, instead of bulging out.

[coolhunter]

make it a habbit to pull them back a little when you sit down, as you would do with a pair of suit pants.

...If it wasnt for bad luck I wouldn´t have any luck at all..

[horriblyjollyjinx]

OK.

the knees shrink back if you wet them and let them dry before you wear them.

starching the back of the knees does not make the front of the knees stretch out.

you don't even need to use starch on raw denim, water is sufficient.

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[aitsuka]

I have that problem on my thighs instead

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