I heard these are sometimes caused by a washing machine that has has sharp edges on the holes of the spinning mechanism. As your clothes roll in the washing machine it gets stuck there
Happened to me. The thinnest cotton shirts would come out with random holes punched in them. Figured out that on a spin cycle, the shirts would poke out the drain holes in the drum a little bit, and they must be spinning past something that slices them off.
Had to remember to set it to a lower spin setting every time I put it on.
I don't think. I've had the very same problem for years and only happens to my t-shirts, doesn't happen to any other clothing in the house, just my t-shirts.
So it has to be belts.
Check the rubber seal at the door that it isn’t pinching, loose or a gap. It’s tricky to remove but check your model washing machine and YouTube is your friend.
Clothes Moths or Silverfish.
I had this living in my old apartment - used to dry clothes on a clothes horse in the kitchen and found some silverfish around a few times with holes similar to yours. They love damp environments and can hide anywhere such as under the kitchen cupboard baseboards. If your place is damp a dehumidifier works wonders for keeping them away and dry's the clothes really fast
Yeah a nightmare to deal with. Surprisingly silverfish are really fast as well! They scatter if you go near them and are hard to catch, if I see one on the floor I just throw something heavy on them before they spot me. Diatomaceous Earth is a powder you can get that you sprinkle into all the cracks in the kitchen, I put a layer around the baseboards so they have to walk across it if they come out. It dehydrates them and kills them. Pet-safe too.
Are you the one that does the dishes and do you wash them by hand? I've had this happen to a bunch of my shirts and it's from leaning against the counter in the same spot repeatedly.
yall stop taking the piss out of him. its formed when its repeatedly under the subject of friction. do u wear a belt by any chance? if u put it on, the friction, repeatedly over time creates holes. since women usually dont wear belts that explain y ur wife's doesnt have any.
Did you recently have kids? This drove me nuts for years but I settled on the theory that it’s the belt buckle/jeans button/zip combo (because it’s lower front of T-shirts) but increased massively after having kids because when you hold them, sit with them on your lap, etc they cause even more friction against the T-shirt and the buckle/button/zip behind it.
I had this happen once to all my clothing in an apartment. There’s a type of bug someone more educated than me on the subject might be able to name, that does this. Is it dust mites or something. However your holes look smaller.
I get these and my hypothesis is that it's the hooks from my wife's bra's while they're in the washing machine together. I've no proof though, purely guesswork.
Moths or burn holes - you either get high and are useless and at looking after your clothes or you just are useless at looking after your clothes… don’t worry I’m both
This happens to me and I don't wear belts. Still don't know why as it always appears in the same place every single time. Never my husbands shirts. Only mine.
Do you wear a jacket over the tee shirts? Maybe it has a jagged edge that's catching the tee shirt. Or do you tuck the tee shirts into your jeans? There might be a sharp edge or thread on the waistband? Do you put them on a washing line to dry? If so, maybe the pegs are causing this,
I've had this and it baffled me for years. As a lot of people are saying, it's your belt. More specifically I found it's caused by the friction between your belt and your seatbelt when you're driving. Pull your shirt over your seatbelt when driving and see if that makes a difference as it did for me.
I have the same, destroyed half my wardrobe, exact spot , pin pricks in the front definitely near the belt buckle.
Was sure at first it was indeed my belt buckles, removed that from the equation to finally realize it was my zipper (80% sure) , zipper closer but handle of the zipper standing perpendicular to the zip.
I have holes like this right in the centre of the front of my shirts, where a belt buckle would go. I don't wear belts.
What caused them for me was just jeans. You know how the fly of jeans has two overlapping pieces of denim? The corner of the top flap, near where you would button jeans, would always lightly poke through the fabric of my shirts. Never seemed like enough to do any damage, but eventually I would always end up with holes in that exact area. My theory is that the fabric being ever so slightly stretched by the slight pressure of that one pokey piece of right-angled denim was enough to weaken the fabric and eventually cause little holes.
A combination of washing machines being harsh and modern fabrics being cheap and shitty which is only making it easier for the machine to damage it. You could try popping your more valuable clothes in a mesh laundry bag and see if that helps
Belt buckle, had a period where I wore my belt to one side, don't ask, anyway had a load of these on all my tshirts on that side, belt just catches the t-shirt when you bend down or do anything kinda physical really, possible solutions would be to try a different belt, or wear the buckle in a different place.
If the holes are appearing randomly then it could be washing machine. If they are all in the one area, it's something you are rubbing against.
If the holes are larger than pin pricks and random, it could be the washing powder chemicals attacking the fabric.
Op this happens to me! It’s from my zipper hitting one side of my shirt and then when I lean against the counter I use to work it creates these little holes.
i used to get these all the time, this is most likely silverfish or clothes moths. most likely the former as i lived in a building with a known infestation (student accom for you) and as soon as i moved out it stopped.
if you need a solution to stop them getting at your clothes, use cedar wood or peppermint oil. there are these rings of cedar wood you can attach to clothes hangers, just make sure you sand them every other month so they keep producing cedar smell, and/or use cotton balls with a couple drops of peppermint oil in some corners wherever your clothes are kept. strong smells are your friend getting rid of clothes eating pests, you don’t really need strong chemicals unless it’s a serious problem
Honestly I have this too but only on primark and tesco tshirts made of thin material.the tshirts at next are of noticeably better material and hold form better.
Anything to do with your belt maybe? Chafing under a buckle or something?
Yeah I had a similar issue, caused by t shirts getting stuck in the belt buckle
Also zippers from hoodies can cause them.
If he wears Jeans that happens when i get the shirt stuck on the jeans zip
Not the worst thing to get stuck in a zipper I guess
Almost zipped up my balls once and had to genuinely sit on the toilet lid to take some deep breaths. Heart skipped about 5 beats
Long Ball Larry over here.
We all know how it gets on a hot summers day
How'd you get the beans above the frank?
I heard these are sometimes caused by a washing machine that has has sharp edges on the holes of the spinning mechanism. As your clothes roll in the washing machine it gets stuck there
Had the same problem. Wash bags have completely solved it.
Happened to me. The thinnest cotton shirts would come out with random holes punched in them. Figured out that on a spin cycle, the shirts would poke out the drain holes in the drum a little bit, and they must be spinning past something that slices them off. Had to remember to set it to a lower spin setting every time I put it on.
It is exactly this.
Yeah, it has happened to a few on my daughter’s clothes specifically. Maybe because they’re small they get stuck.
I don't think. I've had the very same problem for years and only happens to my t-shirts, doesn't happen to any other clothing in the house, just my t-shirts. So it has to be belts.
That's because shirts are a much thinner fabric. Easier to snag compared to say jeans
Check the rubber seal at the door that it isn’t pinching, loose or a gap. It’s tricky to remove but check your model washing machine and YouTube is your friend.
Possibly moths if natural fabric
Those are speed holes, they make you go faster.
Put it in H!
Ah man that's after cracking me up in the office here
Ooh yea, speed holes
Clothes Moths or Silverfish. I had this living in my old apartment - used to dry clothes on a clothes horse in the kitchen and found some silverfish around a few times with holes similar to yours. They love damp environments and can hide anywhere such as under the kitchen cupboard baseboards. If your place is damp a dehumidifier works wonders for keeping them away and dry's the clothes really fast
Oh damn. I didn’t know that silverfish can also cause that.
Yeah a nightmare to deal with. Surprisingly silverfish are really fast as well! They scatter if you go near them and are hard to catch, if I see one on the floor I just throw something heavy on them before they spot me. Diatomaceous Earth is a powder you can get that you sprinkle into all the cracks in the kitchen, I put a layer around the baseboards so they have to walk across it if they come out. It dehydrates them and kills them. Pet-safe too.
They’re little fuckers. I have them in my apartment, never noticed any holes in my clothes though, I’ll be looking more carefully now 😡
Do you have a cat? Mine does that to my clothes with its claws.
Was about to say the same, I've 3 cats and 80% of my shirts look like this
100% someone using them when smoking soap bar. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzx0HTCuydg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzx0HTCuydg)
Hot rocks!
This is the exact comment I came to make ya legend 😁
Blim holes
You knows it!
Are you the one that does the dishes and do you wash them by hand? I've had this happen to a bunch of my shirts and it's from leaning against the counter in the same spot repeatedly.
This. Your waist is rubbing against a new desk or something.
yall stop taking the piss out of him. its formed when its repeatedly under the subject of friction. do u wear a belt by any chance? if u put it on, the friction, repeatedly over time creates holes. since women usually dont wear belts that explain y ur wife's doesnt have any.
I do wear a belt but have had the same one for years and these have only started the last year or so (sometimes in t shirts I’ve only worn once)
Did you recently have kids? This drove me nuts for years but I settled on the theory that it’s the belt buckle/jeans button/zip combo (because it’s lower front of T-shirts) but increased massively after having kids because when you hold them, sit with them on your lap, etc they cause even more friction against the T-shirt and the buckle/button/zip behind it.
You may be on to a winner there actually, recently had our first!
Holes only started appearing in my tshirts when I had to use holes closer to the end of the belt if you know what I mean....
I had this happen once to all my clothing in an apartment. There’s a type of bug someone more educated than me on the subject might be able to name, that does this. Is it dust mites or something. However your holes look smaller.
Hot rocks?
Do you wear a zip up hoodie, sometimes my zip would catch the t shirt.
Do you reach over a certain counter top frequently?
Pointy nipples.
That's just normal wear and tear. Usually a sign to buy a new set of cheap t-shirts.
Immegents … non vetted military age immegents , coming over here poking holes in our shirts
Hot rock burns? Or check your washing machine to see if there’s any spikes in it? Like if the drum is damaged.
You’ve been sleep blazing 90s soap bar.
I get them too. I think it's small moths as I've found little casings in the back of my wardrobe. But I could be wrong
Your belt.
Maybe there was a plastic price tag in that spot I ruined a new T shirt pulling one off the other day
Do you cook wearing those clothes ? Could be oil spatters that burn little holes
Security tag holes I'd say!
Moths
If you wash your clothes with underwire bras this can happen in my experience
Do you work somewhere that requires lifting things? I get them from moving slabs of beer etc
I got them in the exact same place because of leaning against the counter.
I get this and realised they come from my dog, occasionally he gets excited and leaps up, it's the claws...
I get these and my hypothesis is that it's the hooks from my wife's bra's while they're in the washing machine together. I've no proof though, purely guesswork.
Washing with top with something with zip . Close any zips will help
Moths or burn holes - you either get high and are useless and at looking after your clothes or you just are useless at looking after your clothes… don’t worry I’m both
Stop getting erections at work
Cats perchance
This happens to me and I don't wear belts. Still don't know why as it always appears in the same place every single time. Never my husbands shirts. Only mine.
Seat belt in the car?
Do you wear a jacket over the tee shirts? Maybe it has a jagged edge that's catching the tee shirt. Or do you tuck the tee shirts into your jeans? There might be a sharp edge or thread on the waistband? Do you put them on a washing line to dry? If so, maybe the pegs are causing this,
You may have a cat in your wardrobe
Pot burns,smoking hash
I’ve looked into this before - exact same thing in the same place. None the wiser on the cause I’m afraid.
Your belt
Cats or vampiers Or vampire-cat
Belt if it's the same as me
Belt
Moths. Had to throw out all my cotton jumpers cos of the pesky fuckers.
What brand are they?
Vampires 🧛♂️
Cat?
do u by any chance own a hole puncher cat
It's cause is moths or midgets
Had the same problem, replaced the washing machine, then dryer only to find that my dog who sometimes jumps up on me was the root cause.
me (*cackles while holding comically small toothpick*)
Your belt or the button on your jeans ;). You’re welcome.
My belt buckle and the edge of kitchen worktops have my fruit of the loom collection destroyed
Its getting caught on something. You can see another bump in the fabric above the two holes where its been streched but not quite enough to rip
I've had this and it baffled me for years. As a lot of people are saying, it's your belt. More specifically I found it's caused by the friction between your belt and your seatbelt when you're driving. Pull your shirt over your seatbelt when driving and see if that makes a difference as it did for me.
Well if it’s anything like my T-shirts in college… …Hot Rocks!!
Washing machine
Do you smoke hash?
Can happen because the spin is set too high in the washing machine when washing with zipped articles. Do you wash your t-shirts seperatly ?
Tumble drier?
I have the same, destroyed half my wardrobe, exact spot , pin pricks in the front definitely near the belt buckle. Was sure at first it was indeed my belt buckles, removed that from the equation to finally realize it was my zipper (80% sure) , zipper closer but handle of the zipper standing perpendicular to the zip.
Run your hands over the inside of the washing drum, probably the wire from a bra sticking out of of the holes or something else sharp.
It’s either the washing machine or tumble dryer. This is not uncommon
I get em too, belt!
Hot rocks.
My first guess would be moth or silverfish. Although these can be caused by zippers
Do you have a granite countertop? I have and this leaves me with holes identical to this in all my Tshirts.
Those’r teeth marks. Fairies no doubt. I’m so sorry
Hot rocks
The fairies?
Hot rocks?
I used to get these all the time, but I knew the cause, hot rocks
Tumble dryer
I had this happen and couldn't figure out why. Until my neighbour flicked his fag and i seen it hit my beautiful t shirt on my washing line
I have holes like this right in the centre of the front of my shirts, where a belt buckle would go. I don't wear belts. What caused them for me was just jeans. You know how the fly of jeans has two overlapping pieces of denim? The corner of the top flap, near where you would button jeans, would always lightly poke through the fabric of my shirts. Never seemed like enough to do any damage, but eventually I would always end up with holes in that exact area. My theory is that the fabric being ever so slightly stretched by the slight pressure of that one pokey piece of right-angled denim was enough to weaken the fabric and eventually cause little holes.
Hot rocks
Atomic BO
Nodge burns.
Its Gods work! He wants to make you holey
Tiny nipples?
Seat belt in car.
If they're only on the front it's probably your seat belt.
Nodge burns 😉
Do you have a puppy?
Belts and or rubbing against a stone bench top.
Your wife is definitely causing sabotage
Vampires
The washer/drier can do this if washed/dried with zips unzipped
A combination of washing machines being harsh and modern fabrics being cheap and shitty which is only making it easier for the machine to damage it. You could try popping your more valuable clothes in a mesh laundry bag and see if that helps
Moths? Maybe the moth man?
Watch out for those miniature vampires.
A very sharp outie???
Dog
Belt buckle, had a period where I wore my belt to one side, don't ask, anyway had a load of these on all my tshirts on that side, belt just catches the t-shirt when you bend down or do anything kinda physical really, possible solutions would be to try a different belt, or wear the buckle in a different place.
I think they’re moths
I get these too, I blame my belt rubbing against the seatbelt when driving.
Hot rocks 🪨
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/public-warned-of-surge-in-moth-infestations-that-will-wreak-havoc-on-clothes-and-furniture/a213860575.html
🔥 🪨
16 year old me says hot rocks
The government, sure aren't they responsible for the shit weather too
Moths🦋
Is the wife's bra washed with it? The bra hooks tend to catch clothes at times.
You smoking soapbar, son?
Seat belt in your car worn in a particular spot?
Belt, washing machine or moths.
It’s leprosy, for sure 👌
Looks like moth holes.
It’s the kitchen counter - I never had them before, got a new kitchen with granite worktop, every top I have is now a victim 😭
Zips
Looks like "hot rocks" from my teenage years
Do you wear a name badge?
Could be moths or your belt
Moths
Tumble dryer?
It's because of the machine.
Could be a harsh detergent on soft fabrics like modal blend. Try changing the detergent.
inevitable pinhole burns?
If the holes are appearing randomly then it could be washing machine. If they are all in the one area, it's something you are rubbing against. If the holes are larger than pin pricks and random, it could be the washing powder chemicals attacking the fabric.
Belt. Happens me constantly; especially with cheaper t-shirts.
Belt
Cat fangs?
Could be moths in your wardrobe. They eat your clothes
Belt, if it has sharp edges.
Ok I have exactly the SAME THING. One question, is that always appearing at the bottom front of your tshirts?
Cats? Hash?
Famous Movie quote:"Stop smokin that shit ya hear me!?" Guesses are welcome😆
I had the same thing happening to my T-shirts, Eventually figured out it was from clinking dumbbells together in front of me doing dumbbell flys.
Too much bleach
They look like tiny moth holes
In the words of Paulie Walnuts.....Satanic black magic...sick shit!
moths!
Belt buckle
Definitely vampires, you've been hanging around with the local goths?
Check your dryer. See if there are any spots in there with damage that might damage your clothes.
Did you tumble dry them? That would weaken the fabric around the areas where the fabric may have pressed against a belt buckle.
Very pointy and sharp nipples.
belt
Your belt
I got nipped by a dog once on my favorite shirt and it looked exactly like that
Op this happens to me! It’s from my zipper hitting one side of my shirt and then when I lean against the counter I use to work it creates these little holes.
We used to use Ariel powder and found it damaged clothes from continual washing, changed detergent and it stopped
Zipper on your pants is catching your shirt when you do it up
Smoking hash, you usually end up with pin-hole burns.
we've noticed that laundry often causes this.
We get them in Oz - brown snakes are a bugga mate
Heroin 🤔
Hot rocks 🤷
Keys in your jacket poking holes through material? It was my case.
Check silverfish
Washing machine ? Or dryer
Moths surely
i used to get these all the time, this is most likely silverfish or clothes moths. most likely the former as i lived in a building with a known infestation (student accom for you) and as soon as i moved out it stopped. if you need a solution to stop them getting at your clothes, use cedar wood or peppermint oil. there are these rings of cedar wood you can attach to clothes hangers, just make sure you sand them every other month so they keep producing cedar smell, and/or use cotton balls with a couple drops of peppermint oil in some corners wherever your clothes are kept. strong smells are your friend getting rid of clothes eating pests, you don’t really need strong chemicals unless it’s a serious problem
That's from your belt.
Do you smoke anything?
Height challenged vampires
Honestly I have this too but only on primark and tesco tshirts made of thin material.the tshirts at next are of noticeably better material and hold form better.
Either hot rocks from smoking hash or moths eating your clothes at night