What is knitting?

A process of fabric manufacturing by converting yarn into loop form and then these loops interlock together, which form a structure, is called knitting.

KNITTED FABRIC

Knitted fabric may be described as structures produced by the interloping of yarn.

In actual construction of the fabric, loops are formed; then new loops drown trough previously formed loops.

The continuing addition of new loops creates the knitted fabric.

KNIT WEARS

LIGHT KNIT/ CUT & SEW KNIT

FABRIC: KNITTING PROCESS

CLOTHING PRODUCTION: CUT & SEW

END USE:T-SHIRT, POLO SHIRT, SKIRT,

SOCKS

HEAVYKNIT/ FULLY FASHION KNIT/ SWEATER

FABRIC:NO FABRIC STAGE

PRODUCTION:YARN TO CLOTHING BY FULLY

FASHIONED TECHNIQUE

END USE:SWEATER, PULLOVER,

CARDIGAN,VEST

Knitting process

Weft

circular

Small diaSocks, Gloves

etc.

Big diaT-shirt, Polo

shirt etc.

Flat bed

Hand drivenusually for sweater

Power drivenusually for rib collar, jacquard

knit, sweater etc.

Warp

Tricot1.Tricot jersey2.Satin tricot

3.Brushed tricot4.Open effect

(Like mesh)(For above fabrics, fine

filament yarn is used.)

Raschel (Like tricot

different types of needle is used.)

KNITTING MACHINE

KNITTING NEEDLE & WORKING PROCESS

Words related WITH knitting

WALES

COURSE

GOUGE

WEFT KNIT

WARP KNIT

STITCHES

TECHNICAL FACE (T/F)

TECHNICAL BACK (T/B)

WALES

COURSE

• HORIZONTAL ROWS OF STITCHES ARE CALLED COURSE.

• COURSE RUN WIDTHWISE LIKE AS WEFT IN WOVEN.

GAUGE

GOUGE IS THE CLOSENESS OF THE NEEDLES IN THE KNITTING MACHINE IN ONE INCH.

GAUGE 1.5 TO 12 = HEAVY KNIT

GAUGE 12 TO 36 = LIGHT KNIT

WEFT KNIT

• The system of producing a fabric through the interlocking of loops in widthwise direction.

• A weft knit is made with a single yarn looped horizontally to form a row, or course, with each row building on the previous one.

• A hand-knitted fabric is a weft knit.

WARP KNIT

The system of producing fabric through the

interlocking of loops in lengthwise direction.

A warp knit is made with numerous parallel yarns that are looped vertically

at the same time.

A different yarn usually one yarn for each knitting needle makes each stitch

in a course.

LOOP

LOOP IS THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT FORMED BY THE BANDING OF YARN INTO A “Ω” SHAPE.

STITCHES

THE SMALLEST FUNDAMENTAL UNIT IN KNITTED FABRIC.

STITDHES ARE PRODUCED BY A KNITTED LOOP PULLED THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY FORMED LOOP.

BASIC LOOP OR STITCHES TYPE

PLAIN STITCH

PURL STITCH

MISS STITCH

TUCK STITCH

TRANSFER STITCH

PLAIN STITCH

PLAIN STITCH IS THE BASIC KNITTING STITCH.IT IS ALSO

CALLED THE KNIT STITCH.

PURL STITCH

THE STITCH IS ACTUALLY REVERSE OF PLAIN STITCH.

MISS STITCH

A MISS IS CREATED WHEN ONE OR MORE KNITTING NEEDLES ARE DEACTIVATED AND

DO NOT MOVE TO POSSION TO ACCEPT YARN. YARN MERELY PASSED BY NO STICH

IS FORMED.

TUCK STITCH

A TUCK STITCH IS FORMED WHEN A KNITTING NEEDLE HOLDS ITS OLD

LOOP AND THEN RECEIVE NEW YARN, TWO LOOPS WILL THEN COLLECT IN

ONE NEEDLE HOOK.

TRANSFER STITCH

A TRANSFER STITCH IS FORMED WHEN LOOPS TRANSFER FROM ONE NEEDLE TO ANOTHER DURING THE KNITTING CYCLE TO FORM HOLE OR LACE DESIGN.

TECHNICAL FACE

LIKE PLAIN STITCH RUNNING VERTICALLY.

TECHNICAL BACK

HORIZONTAL FLOATS.

FLOATS ARE CALLED LAPS OR UNDER LAPS.

BASIC CLASSES OF WEFT KNITTED FABRIC

JOURSEY KNIT FABRIC

RIB KNIT FABRIC

PURL KNIT FABRIC

JURSEY KNIT FABRIC

JURSEY KNIT FABRIC IS ALSO KNOWN AS SINGLE KNIT. FABRICS OF THIS TYPE HAVE ALL LOOPS DRAWN TO ONE SIDE OF THE FABRIC (ALL PLAIN STITCHES).CAN BE EASILY RECOGNIZED BY THE FACE, THAT THE SMOOTH SIDE IS THE FACE.

RIB KNIT FABRIC

MADE WITH ALTERNATE WALE OF PLAIN AND PURL STITCH ON BOTH SIDE OF THE FABRIC

PURL KNIT FABRIC

MADE WITH ALTERNATE COURSE OF PLAIN STITCHES

DESIGN IN WEFT KNIT

COLOR STRIPE

DESIGN BY CONSTRUCTION OF FEBRIC

JACQUARD

COMPUTER CONTROLLED DESIGN

COLOR STRIPE

HORIZONTAL COLOR STRIPE IN WEFT KNIT IS THE SIMPLEST DESIGNER TECHNIQUE.

REQUIRING MERELY THE PROPER SELECTION AND SEQUENCE OF THE YARN TO FED TO THE KNITTING MACHINE.

STRIPES ARE TWO TYPES:1.FEEDER STRIPE2.ENGINEERED STRIPE

FEEDER STRIPE

WHERE REPEAT OF STRIPE IS ABOUT 2”.

ENGINEERED STRIPE

SIZE OR REPEAT OF THE STRIPE IS BIGGER THAN 2”.

DESIGN BY CONSTRUCTION OF FEBRIC

DESIGN EFFECT CAN BE ACIVED MECHANICALLY OR ELECTRO MECHANICALLY CONTROLLING HOW KNITTING NEEDLE WILL BEHAVE WHEN A YARN PASSES BY THEM DURING THE KNITTING PROCESS. A PLAIN, PURL, MISS, TUCK, TRANSFER, RACKING STITCHES WILL BE FORMED.**MISS STITCH = PIQUE FABRIC**TUCK STITCH= LA-COSTE FABRIC**TRANSFER STITCH= POINTELLE FABRIC

PIQUE FABRIC

LA-COSTE FABRIC

POINTELLE FABRIC

JACQUARD

THE MOST SHOPHISTICATED AND VERSATILE OF THE VARIATION PATTERNING MECHANISM IS THE JACQUARD SYSTEM. IN JACQUARD SYSTEM EACH NEEDLE CAN INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLED BY PUNCHED CARD OR TAPES.

COMPUTER CONTROLLED DESIGN

MOST MODERN SYSTEM FOR CREATING DESIGN IN

KNITTED FABRIC CONSISTS OF

CAD/CAM. (COMPUTER AIDDED DESIGN/ COMPUTER AIDDED MANUFACTURING)

SPECIALIZED WEFT KNIT FABRIC

FULLY FASION KNIT

HIGH PILE KNIT

KNITTED TERRY

KNITTED VALOUR

INTERLOCK

DROPPED STITCH/ NEEDLE

THERMAL

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FULLY FASHIONED KNIT

A METHOD OF SHAPING A KNITTED FABRIC DURING THE KNITTING PROCESS IS POPULAR IN SWEATER MANUFACTURING.

HIGH PILE KNIT

A SPEACIAL TYPE OF JERSEY KNIT MADE BY A UNIQUE PROCEDURE WHICH INVOLVES FEEDING STAPLE FIBER IN THE FORM OF SILVER INTO THE KNIT MATERIAL WHICH THE YARN ARE PASSING THROUGH THE KNITTING NEEDLES AS THE FABRIC IS BEING DONE. IN THIS PROCESS IMITATION FUR/ FAKE FUR FABRIC PRODUCED USUALLY USED IN THE COLLAR.

KNITTED TERRY

KNITTED TERRY FABRICS ARE JERSEY KNIT MATERIALS.

KNITTED WITH TWO YARNS FEEDING SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO THE SAME KNITTING NEEDLES.

WHEN FABRIC IS KNITTED, ONE YARN APPEARS IN THE FACE AND OTHER ON THE BACK AS LOOP PILES, WHICH REMAIN UNCUT.

1.TERRY(WITHOUT BRUSHED)2.FRENCH TERRY (MAY OR MAY NOT BE BRUSHED)3.FLECHE (BRUSHED ONE OR BOTH SIDES)

TERRY(WITHOUT BRUSHED)

FRENCH TERRY (MAY OR MAY NOT BE BRUSHED)

FLECHE (BRUSHED ONE OR BOTH SIDES)

KNITTED VALOUR

KNITTED VALOUR FABRICS ARE MADE IN SAME WAY LIKE KNITTED TERRY.AFTER THE FABRIC IS KNITTED, THE LOOP PILES CUT BY A PROCESS CALLED SHEARING AND THEN BRUSHED

INTERLOCK

INTERLOCK KNITTED FABRIC IS VARIATION OF RIB KNITS, WHERE COLUMNS OF WALES ARE DIRECTLY BEHIND EACH OTHER.

DROPPED STITCH/NEEDLE

USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH KNITING FAILURES AS THEY CAN HOWEVER BE EMPLOYED TO PATTERN A FABRIC BY CREATING “LADDER”

THERMAL

Thermal is the kind of fabric, wear all those cold winter days – warm, thin, and perfect for layering.

MESH