Those mysterious teeny tiny holes in the front of T shirts…

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Has anyone EVER worked out how they come about?

No it’s not the washing machine.
No it’s not moths.
No it’s not a belt buckle.

So…where do they come from?

I’d love to know. They always seem to come in pairs.

I expect it’s cheap cotton fibres. It’s very mysterious.

Thought it was just me! One of life's biggest mysteries.

No idea.

I've lost three good jersey 'interview' tops and it's royally bugging me.

Rock burns?

I wondered if it was the ridges on my jeans, there seem to be more lower down

Do you have a granite work surface in the kitchen?
When I changed my work surface the holes stopped appearing 🤷🏻‍♀️

I just got them in my lovely merino designer jumper - I did assume moths although I've not seen any. The cheap primark one next to it in the wardrobe is unscathed of course

As a teenager they were blim burns... These days it's either the cat or happens in the washing machine - catching on buckles / edges etc

Or maybe the elves who knitted the fabric kept dropping a stitch

I don't know. Years ago there was a HUGE thread about it & I was somehow convinced it was indeed the washing machine. Something having damaged one of the 'holes' in there, bending it a bit and that it only happens to t-shirts because of them being a a certain size/shape, material & weight. 💁🏻‍♀️

It must be rubbing against buttons/belts. What other explanation could there be? It's actually quite creepy how the wee buggers just appear. If not buttons, dark forces are at play

I'm convinced they are from the edges of granite worktops. I only ever get them when I visit a friend who has this worktop, and she is constantly complaining of tiny holes in clothes.

Car seat belts?

Seat belt rubbing?

gah me too! I have now just assumed it must be moths; I recently bought a few new t-shirts and the first time I took one out of the drawer to wear, it had holes in. So that can't have been wear on belt buckles/ seat belt/ work top or anything like that. It's always at the front too, about belly button level; why?

It's definitely moths

PS. they are always on the front bottom half of clothes never anywhere else.

Are you about 5ft - 5'5" in height? People who are much taller, or who never do any housework at all, particularly washing up, don't seem to get them.

I'm pretty sure mine come from where my laptop rubs against where my top sits over my jeans/ zip when I'm sat on my arse on the sofa.

They are always in the same place so can't be things getting caught in the washing machine.

Do you put them in the machine with other types of clothes? I found I stopped finding them on clothes when I stopped putting them in with trousers/jeans etc so I'm assuming the sharp zip bit was catching when it was spinning.

Me too, 3 tiny little holes on t-shirts etc. I don't think it's moths because I have moth repellent wooden things that go over the hanger to prevent this.

Would moths, washing machines be clever enough to only damage clothes in the belly button area?

For me I’m sure they come from the fabric getting caught between the kitchen worktop and my jeans button/waistband and then being rubbed as I cook, wash up etc

Also - I think it must be jeans/ trousers as I didn't get them at all in the last 18 months in the year-of-the-elasticated-waist when I was barely out of joggers.

Washing machine or being snagged on something and the tiny hole increases with time

I get them on my dresses and t shirts.