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Knitting PDF
Knitting
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Comparison
Woven Knitted
• Interlacing process • Interlooping process
• In the woven fabric the • In a weft knitted fabrics the
yarns are essentially straight yarns form continuous curves
and any significant fabric and the structure allows for
extension causes the yarns yarn transfer between the
themselves to extend. So it binding points. So it is having
is having less extension. more extension.
• Less permeable to air • More permeable to air
• Flat and stiff • Soft and bulky
• Less Insulation • Higher insulation
Knitting
Weft Warp
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Weft Knitting
Weft knitting can be described as the sequential formation and interlinking of a
horizontal row of loops, formed from a single yarn supplied in sequence to each
needle, with the previously formed horizontal row of loops. The horizontal (widthwise)
rows of loops are known as courses and the vertical (axial) rows of loops are know as
wales.
Bearded needle
1 The stem, around which the needle loop
is formed.
2 The head, where the stem is turned into
a hook to draw the new loop through
the old loop.
3 The beard, which is the curved
downwards continuation of the hook that
is used
to separate the trapped new loop inside
from the old loop as it slides off the
needle beard.
4 The eye, or groove, cut in the stem to
receive the pointed tip of the beard when
it is pressed, thus enclosing the new loop.
5 The shank, which may be bent for
individual location in the machine or cast
with
others in a metal ‘lead’.
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Sinker
• Loop formation
• Holding-down
• Knocking-over
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Warp Knitting
Warp knitting is the sequential formation and interlinking of loops in an axial
direction on a lateral array of needles with at least one separate thread being
supplied to each needle. The loops are joined together in a widthwise
direction by moving the threads back and forth between adjacent needles.
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If a weft knitted fabric has one side consisting only of face
stitches, and the opposite side consisting of back stitches,
then it is described as a plain knitted fabric.
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Plain structure
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Plain RIB
•Twice thickness
•Twice widthwise elasticity
•Half width
•Heavier
2X2 Rib
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Purl structure
•Twice thick than plain
•Same widthwise elasticity
•Double lentghwise elasticity
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Purl structures
Interlock
• Interlock knitted structures could be considered
as a combination of two rib knitted structures.
• The reverse stitches of one rib knitted structure
are covered by the face stitches of the second rib
knitted structure.
• On both sides of the fabric, therefore, only face
stitches are visible, and it is difficult to detect the
reverse stitches even when the fabric is stretched
widthwise.
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Interlock
•Technical face of plain on
both sides of fabric
•Balanced structure lies flat
without curling
•Heavier,thicker and
narrower than rib
•Production is less as two
feeder produce only one
course
•Better fine quality yarn
required
•Less danger of press off
Interlock strcuture
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2. Float stitch
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