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As the ball enters the fabric, it pushes the fabric threads to one side rather than splitting them as a standard needle would and so is more “gentle”. The holes that ball point needles leave in the fabric are larger than they would be with a standard needle, but because of the nature of knitted and elasticated fabrics, the holes become reasonably well hidden.
