The weave distorts very little and when it does it is rather easy to put them back in place, albeit not perfectly. It went around a single rounded edge very well with almost non-existent "lift" (not sure if that's a proper term) of the horizontal threads. It wraps around cylinders .5 inch or larger very nicely. Results were much better when the weave was laid diagonally. Laying it diagonally allowed it to wrap very nicely around a Bic lighter with zero lift of any fibers. The fibers do not fray at all at its edges even when cut diagonally. After all of the bending I did the edges frayed very little or not at all.