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Encyclopedia > Knits

Knits are fabrics made by one or more threads disposed in a complex interlocking pattern — threads are drawn through previously formed loops and themselves form new loops.


Knits stretch in all directions. This contrasts with woven cloth, which only stretches across the bias.


Examples of knits include:


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Knitting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2541 words)
Knitting became a household occupation with the growing popularity of knitted stockings and by the end of the 1600s, one to two million pairs of stockings were exported from Britain to other parts of Europe.
The topology of a knit fabric is relatively complex.
The canonical default texture for a knit garment is that generated by the flat stockinette stitch—as seen, though very small, in machine-made stockings and t-shirts—which is worked in the round as nothing but knit stitches, and worked flat as alternating rows of knit and purl.
Knitting - definition of Knitting in Encyclopedia (491 words)
Knitting is one of several ways to turn thread or yarn into cloth (cf weaving, crochet).
A knit stitch is formed by inserting the needle in the back of the loop and pulling a loop of yarn through to form a new loop, while a purl stitch is formed by inserting the needle in the front of the loop and pushing a loop of yarn through to form a new loop.
Alternating rows of knits and purls result in stockinette or jersey stitch, the stitch most often used in commercial garments such as T-shirts.
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