That's Enough Glue

Let's open up and be honest about fleece, the polyester kind, it's a version of a nightmare to work with. It's great for warmth and has that great texture that *most* people love. Unfortunately it has two things that drive people up the wall: STRETCH of knit fabrics, and BULK of high nap fabrics. From a distance the fuzzy nap may make it look like it isn't woven (or knit), but it is so it has the normal fabric qualities like grain, cross-grain and bias. That fuzzy puff of a top tends to obscure the directions, the right and wrong side. But never fear! Most fleeces have the high level of stretch in the cross-grain, and the mid-level stretch in the bias, with the least stretch along the grain.  And the wrong side can be found by stretching along the cross-grain and seeing which way the fleece curls. It'll curl to the wrong side. This is *really* helpful when it comes to figuring out how to construct fleece clothing. For knitters: it's just like a project...