Textiles - Knits

Knits

Knitting is a looped fabric made from a continuous supply of yarn. The yarn need not be continuous throughout the piece, however. Different colors or qualities or yarn may be introduced into a single knitted piece.

Knitting is used for the production of underwear and outer garments, curtain fabrics, etc. The materials used are yarn and threads of cotton, wool, and man-made fibers; as well as blended yarns and paper yarns. The products are either flat fabrics (later made into garments) or ready-fashioned garments. In weft fabric, the threads extend crosswise across the fabric; in warp fabric, the threads extend lengthwise. Warp fabric has less elasticity than weft fabric and is not used as much for socks and stockings.