| Term | Definition |
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| knitting | refers to the production of fabric by interlooping yarns. |
| warp knitting | is a process in whch yarns sets are interlooped in essentially a lengthwise direction to form a fabric |
| weft knitting | is a process in which one yarn or yarn set is carried back and forth or around and under needles to form a fabric. |
| compound needle | used primarily for warp knitting |
| compound | makes plurl loops |
| spring beard | make fully fashioned graments or knit fleec and fine yarn fabrics |
| wale | verticle |
| coruses | horizantal rows |
| technical face | refers to the outer side of the fabric as knitted |
| technical back | is the inner side of the fabric as it is knit and is used as teh fashion side of such fabricsa s fleece and knit terry |
| run | occurs when teh stitches in the wale collapse or pull out |
| cicular machine | refers to a knitting machine that knits a fabric tube |
| circualr loom | is a type of looom in whch the warp yarns form a full circle to weave tubalar fabric |
| tuck stitch | is a type stitch in which the previous stitch is not cleared from the needle. It creates a pucker in the fabric and is used in creating patterns |
| knit stitch | first stitch |
| float stitch | is type of knit stitch in which yarn lengths float past but do not interloop with the previous stitch. It is used to create a more stable structure or pattern in the fabric |
| reverse knit | is made on a special type of double knitting machine that can produce plain jersey, rib and purl knits |
| raschel | is a gerneral term for patterned warp knit fabric made with coarser yarns thatn other warp knit fabrics; chain like loops; splits and or comes appart lengthwise |
| looping machine | is used to join knit garment parts in away the the join is hidden |
| tricot machine | is a warp knitting machine used to produce tricot warp knits |
| tricot | is a warp knit fabric made with filaments yarns with one or more bars. tricots has five vertical wales on the technical face and horzantal ribs on the technical back |
| malinase machine | produces superior warp knit fabrics. diagonal formation |
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