Knit Fabrics Chp 14

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Brushed or Napped Tricot

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Have fibers raised from the surface, making it feel like velvet.

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Double-filling knit

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Made using a machine with 2 beds of needles. May be made with one or more sets of yarns.

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Double-knit Jersey

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Looks the same on both sides. It is made on rib gaiting and the 2 beds of needles are positioned so that the needles from one bed work between the needle from the other bed.

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Fashioning

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Used to shape parts like armholes, neckline curves, collar points, and finish edges.

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Fleece

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Weft-insertion jersey. Technical back is napped. Cut loops.

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Float or Miss Stitch

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Creates a colored pattern in the fabric. New new stitch is formed at the needle.

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French Terry

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A weft-insertion jersey. No special finishing is needed. Technical back is used as the fashion side

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Gauge

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Indicates the fineness of the stitch. Expressed as needles per inch. Higher is finer!

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Intarsia

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Knit counterpart to a true tapestry weave. The yarn used to create a pattern in the fabric is knit into the fabric in that area only.

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Course

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Horizontal rows in a knit fabric.

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Interlock

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The simplest double-knit fabric produced. Composed of 2 1x1 rib structures.

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Jacquard Double-knit

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Have limitless design possibilities. Patterned fabric made on a double-knitting machine.

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Jacquard Jersey

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Pattern develops because of differnt stitch types, yarn colors, or a combination of both.

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Jersey

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A fabric of lightweight to heavyweight; a single-filling knit fabric with no distinct rib. Can have any fiber content and be knit flat or circular.

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Knit Stitch

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First and most basic stitch. Produces the majority of filling-knit fabrics.

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Knitted Terrycloth

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A loop pile fabric used for beachwear, robes, and infant towels and wash cloths. Softer and more absorbent than its counterpart.

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Knitting

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Fabrication process in which needles are used to form a series of interlocking loops from one or more yarns or from a set of yarns.

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Lace

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Forms complex patterns or figures. Made at higher speeds and lower costs on a raschel machine.

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Lisle

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A high quality jersey made of fine two-ply combed cotton yarns.

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Pile Jersey

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The fabrics look like a woven pile but are more pliable and stretchy.

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Purl Knit

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Made on a special type of double-knitting machine. Slowest form of knitting but the most versatile.

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Purl or Reverse Stitch

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Forms a fabric that looks on both sides like the technical back of a basic knit fabric.

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Raschel

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Fabric that has rows of chainlike loops called pillars with laid-in yarns in various lapping configurations.

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Rib

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Made of face wales and back wales.

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Run

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Occurs when the stitches in a wale collaprs or pull out.

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Single-filling Knit

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Made using a circular or flatbed machine with one set of needles. Can be any pattern or weight.

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Single-jersey fabric

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Simplest of the filling-knit structures. Wales easily seen on face and courses on back.

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Sliver-pile Knit

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Fake fure. Yarns form ground and sliver furnishes the fibers for the pile.

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Stitch

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Needles make these. Also called loops.

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Stockinette

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Refers to a heavier-knit jersey made with coarser spun yarns as compared with regular jerseys.

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Tricot

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Generic name for all warp-knit fabrics.

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Tuck Stitch

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Used to create a pattern in the fabric. The old stitch is not cleared from the needle and thus there are two stitches on the needle.

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Tulle

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A hexagonal net used for veiling, support fabrics, and overlays for apparel.

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Velour

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A cut-pile fashion fabric used in mens and womens wear and in robes. Knit with loops that are cut evenly.

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Wale

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Vertical columns on stitches in the knit fabric.

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Warp-insertion warp knit

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The inserted yarn is caught in a vertical chain of stitching. Fabrics are used for curtains, table linens, and other furnishing uses.

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Warp knitting

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Yarns move vertically and must be made with a machine.

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Weft-insertion jersey

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Another yarn is laid in a course as it is being knit. The yarn is not knit into stitches but laid in the loops of the stitches as they are being formed.

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Weft-insertion warp knit

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A yarn was laid in the crosswise direction as the fabric was being knit.