Bug resistance of woven vs. knit garments

Yes, tightly woven outdoor fabrics (like what lightweight woven nylon hiking pants are made from) mostly keep me from being bitten through the fabric. I usually hike in pants and shirts that are made from that stuff, and only get bites where I have bare skin (or socks).

I've been wondering if lightweight stretch gaiters (like Simblissity or Dirty Girl) provide any barrier to mosquito bites, if anyone has an opinion on that please weigh in on that too :)

i had a set of OR knit lowers one time. they were too tight on top, and then like bell bottoms (very very trendy..). we called them the 'Elvis Pants".
coming down the Mt Robson trail i wore themt he first (last) time. by the time i went to bed, i thought i had.. like a rash on the backs of my legs.
this … was not a rash.
knits not working so hot as an outer layer vs bugs. ok to give depth underneath a harder fabric though.

Used to have some polos made of a cotton mesh that was thick, but light and loosely woven. It was too thick for the bugs to bite through, and very comfy in hot weather due to the airy knit. The skeeters would perch on it, but couldn't bend over far enough to get their needles through to the skin. Fun to watch. Alas, the cotton eventually rotted out. The last one blew out during several days of rain hiking south to Shaw's on the AT in Maine. Tried to take off the shirt and it just disintegrated. Haven't seen any like them since. Royal Robbins made some more tightly woven mesh polos that were pretty good at stopping bugs, but not as light and airy, and they stopped making them anyway, I think.