fabric for clothing knit
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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
MESH
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