You’ve taken the lead and will deliver championship jerseys for your team! You can do it. Before you begin, we’ve created a checklist for you. Download it, print it, carry it with you in your folder. There is a lot to remember to get this right, the Ultimate Checklist will help you ensure your order goes according to plan. From … Read More
Hockey Pant Shells – Vinyl v Polyester
What is the difference between a vinyl shell and a polyester shell? First off – Pant Shells go over top of your hockey pants – teams use them so that everyone on the team is wearing the same colour pants (looks a bit more pro). We carry two types polyester and nylon and each comes in stock and custom/sublimation. There … Read More
Kiss Cutting with Keener
Kiss cutting (AkA reverse layers) is a really elegant (and cool) way of displaying numbers or letters on a jerseys. Most often when team’s use multiple layers for their numbers they use a technique called ‘Stacking’. The dominant colour is laid on top of the other 3 layers. In the photo below, the white layer is simply placed on top … Read More
A Fresh Approach To Jersey Customization
I’m Jason Olson, co-founder of Keener Jerseys. My partner is Chris Dougherty – better known as Keener. Keener and I started our business because we want to bring a fresh approach to jersey customization: We want to make it easy for teams and fans to order awesome custom jerseys. Keener has 20 years experience customizing pro jerseys for fans and … Read More
Lasers. Not Just For School Photos Anymore.
Is there anything lasers can’t do? When I started customizing jerseys, I made cardboard stencils. I would lay them on the fabric, trace it with a pencil, then cut the number out with scissors. Every new team I got an order for, had to make the stencil then repeat the entire process. A lot of love, sweat and tears went into my … Read More
Hooked On Chain Stitching
Yesterday we posted an example of the Blackhawks chain stitched logo. Today, we wanted to show you a few more. In the early days of jerseys, chain stitching was used all over the place, including for player names. That’s intense. See below for an example of that – most of you probably remember the legendary Ross Perkins of the WHA … Read More
Hypnotized By My First Jersey
I can remember precisely the first time I saw a customized jersey. I was six years old and in a mall with my mom. In front of me was another kid, around my age, sitting on his dad’s shoulders. He was wearing a blue Oilers jersey with Gretzky embroidered on the back. I couldn’t take my eyes off this kid … Read More