Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.
Basic knitted fabrics — A few types of knitted fabric are so fundamental, that they have been adopted as part of the language of knitting, similar to techniques such as yarn over or decrease. Examples include stockinette stitch, reverse stockinette stitch, garter stitch … Wikipedia
Knitted fabric — Knitted fabrics are the third major class of fabric, after woven and nonwoven fabrics. Elasticity, thickness and warmthCompared to the other two classes, knitted fabrics are much more elastic, which accounts for their historical use in stockings… … Wikipedia
Warp knitting — is a family of knitting methods in which the yarn zigzags along the length of the fabric, i.e., following adjacent columns ( wales ) of knitting, rather than a single row ( course ). For comparison, knitting across the width of the fabric is… … Wikipedia
textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 … Universalium
Knitting — Knit redirects here. See also KNIT and Knitted fabric. Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. The active stitches are held on a needle until… … Wikipedia
clothing and footwear industry — Introduction also called apparel and allied industries, garment industries, or soft goods industries, factories and mills producing outerwear, underwear, headwear, footwear, belts, purses, luggage, gloves, scarfs, ties, and household… … Universalium
Slip-stitch knitting — is a family of knitting techniques that use slip stitches to make multiple fabrics simultaneously, to make extra long stitches, and/or to carry over colors from an earlier row. Contents 1 Basic methods 2 Double knitting with slip stitches 3… … Wikipedia
Double knitting — is a form of knitting in which two fabrics are knit simultaneously with two yarns on one pair of needles. The fabrics may be inseparable, as in interlock knitted fabrics, or they can simply be two unconnected fabrics. In principle, an arbitrary… … Wikipedia
Knitwear — History confirms that the early beginnings of knitwear started somewhere around 250 C.E. in Asia and in Europe at about 712 C.E. By the ninth century, patterned knitwear was in use and in the 1300s the Knitters Guild was in place in Paris.… … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Knitting needle — Bamboo knitting needles A … Wikipedia
Jacquard loom — a loom for producing elaborate designs in an intricate weave (Jacquard weave) constructed from a variety of basic weaves. [1850 55; named after J. M. Jacquard (1757 1834), French inventor] * * * Loom incorporating a special device to control… … Universalium
