Although my immediate need is not for outings, abrasion-resistant fabrics have their place for some kinds of outings and so I am hoping that someone here will have a good idea for me.
I have a friend who gardens full-time, and as a result spends a lot of her time on her knees on the ground. The result is that her blue jeans get holes in the knees in no time — quickly enough that even thrift store blue jeans work out to be pretty expensive.
For various reasons, things like either separate or slip-on knee pads do not work well for her. The only thing that has worked is some commercial jeans with a chap-like piece of fabric sewn to the front of the legs. Now, even that has worn through (although took longer than plain jeans would).
So my question to this august group is what fabric should she sew to the front of the legs on her jean that will not wear through, but will still be limber enough for the pants to be reasonable to wear?
Thanks for your ideas,
Bob
