TS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Velour, Guide Bar, List Of Knitting Stitches
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Two main branches: knitted yarn goods industry, knitted end products industry. Direct knitters: purchase yarn, knit products in their own plants, and sell merchandise under their own name and trademarks. Inter-looping: loops are formed and then new loops are drawn through those previously formed. Knitted loop is also called a stitch when its pulled through another loop: produced with knitting needles. Wales: columns of stitches in a knitted fabric: run lengthwise, similar to warp, needle beds: pieces of metal in which slots of grooves need to be cut. Courses: rows of stitches: run width wise (side to side) Stitch density: the number of wales and courses per inch and affects fabric quality: face and back. Knit fabrics have a technical face side and a technical back. Circular knitting machines: the knitting needles are in circular configuration and the fabric produced is tubular in form.
