A position sensor is shown for detecting the position of a mechanical interaction. The sensor includes a first conductive fabric layer having electrically conductive fibres incorporated therein to allow conduction in a first direction. The first conductive fabric layer has a first electrical conductor element a and a second electrical conductor element positioned at opposite ends of a first conductive path extending in a first direction. The first and second electrical conductor elements each comprise a length of electrically conductive thread machined to form a conductive track of stitches that extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second electrical conductor elements do not intersect.