Talk:Selvage

A fact from Selvage appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 July 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a selvage is the edge of a piece of woven or knitted fabric that won't fray or come unraveled?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/July.

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Baffling[edit]

I was fairly baffled by this page. It defined a selvage as a 'frayed' edge, and continued to do so over several revisions. I don't know if this is some difference in US/UK usage, but the referenced definition states that it is not a frayed edge. I also added the picture which shows all the characteristics I would expect of a selvage. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnHollingum (talk • contribs).

Looks good now. --Eyrian 01:52, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stub?[edit]

I'm no expert, but this looks like a fairly finished article, although it is still quite short. I'm just not sure what else would be needed to make this complete. ~ MD Otley (talk) 06:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's at least standard C-class: a decent structure, lots of content, solid sources. Perhaps a section on the history of selvages can be added. --an odd name 19:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usability of the selvage[edit]

This statement in the article is not true as far a homemade clothes are concerned: "For garments, however, the selvage is used as a structural component as there is no need to turn under that edge to prevent fraying if a selvage is used instead." To use the selvage to avoid finishing the seam is pretty much guaranteed to lead to a puckered seam and a distorted garment, and sewing books specifically warn against it. Awien (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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