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34 Cards in this Set
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Two branches of knitting industry
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Knitted yard goods industry
Knitted end products industry |
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Hancocks is an example of this branch of the knitting industry
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knitted yard goods industry
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When it is knit by hand on the spot is an example of this branch of the knitting industry
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Knitted end products industry
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Vertical columns of stitches in KNIT fabric
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wales
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Horizontal rows of stitches in KNIT fabric
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courses
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Thinner needles yield a higher _______ per inch
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wales
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When small loops are formed, the fabric has a large number of ________ per unit length
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courses
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Knitting Machine where the needles are arranged in a circle to produce fabrics in a tubular form
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Circular Macnines
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Knitting machines that have needles arranging in a straight line and produced fabrics in an open width
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Flat Machines
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Knitting needle that is used primarily in weft/filling knitting
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latch needles
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Knitting needles that are used in warp knitting (2)
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Spring beard and compound needles
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Indicates the fineness of the stitch
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cut or gauge
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This is often expressed as "needles per inch" (npi)
{higher npi=finer stitch} |
gauge or cut
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refer to machinery measurements and may not always correspond
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Cut or gauge
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Jersey knits, rib knits, & purl knits are all in the category of________knits
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filling
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Tricot & Raschel are in the category of _______ knits
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Warp
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Knit that can be created by hand, on a flat-bed knitting machine or on a circular knitting machine
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filling knits
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__________ ________ knits:
can be any pattern or weight less stable than other knits tend to curl at edges run readily simplest and most common knit structure fastest and least expensive filling knit to make used in-hosiery, underwear, tshirts, dresses |
single filling knits
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Allow the creation of a more complicated design
Process puts a jacquard mechanism on a circular or flat machine |
jacquard jersey
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Fabrics look like woven pile but are more pliable
pile surface may be: cut or uncut loops of yarn fibers (creating fake fur) |
Pile Jerseys
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Loop pile fabric used for babies clothes, towls annd washcloths
softer and more absorbent than woven terry cloth does not hold shape as well as woven |
Knitted terry cloth
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Cut pile fashion fabric
Used in mens and womens wear and robes |
velour
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Fur like high-pile or deep-pile fabrics
untwisted rope of fiber**** used for coats and linings, design details |
sliver pile knits
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High dimensional stability
doesnt run knits can resemble any woven structure but are classified as specialty rib knit more fashion dependent than plain jersey |
Double filling knits
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Only done by machine (never hand!)
more stable than filling knits Tricot and Raschel are primary |
warp knitting
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produced by HAND flat yardage and circular
run most ravel yarns run horizontally U shape |
Filling knits
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Produced only in flat yardage by machine
Do NOT run Yarns run vertically |
warp knits
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Fabric:
face of fabric has vertical loops back of fabric has horizontal loops used in lingerie, sleepwear, shirts, blouses. stable for a knit structure |
Tricot
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Fabric:
Fabrics have fibers raised from surface |
Brushed or napped tricots
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Fabric:
Extremely versatile, producing wide variety of fabrics |
Raschel knit
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Type of knitting stitches:
Plain stitch= |
Knit stitch or basic stitch
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Type of knitting stitches:
Reverse stitch, because it looks like the back of the basic knit stitch |
purl stitch
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Type of knitting stitches:
Created when one or more needles are deactivated and the yarn "floats" over, used to create color and figure designs. |
Miss stitch
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Type of knitting stitches:
Elongated stitch formed by holding a loop to receive a second loop, can create designs with holes |
Tuck Stitch
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