Knife pleat

A single pleat with sharp folds.(sub category pleats)

Knit braid

A cord produced on a small-diameter knitting machine with oscillating feeders.

Knit Fabric

A structure produced by interlooping one or more ends of yarn or comparable material. (Also see KNITTING.)

Knit-De-Knit

See TEXTURING Knit-de-Knit Method.

Knit-De-Knit Method

In this method of texturing the yarn is knit into a 2-inch diameter hose-leg heat-set in an autoclave and then unraveled and wound onto a final package. This texturing method produces a crinkle yarn. (Also see TEXTURED YARNS Crinkle Yarn.) 6

Knit-deknit yarn

the yarn is over-fed through the turbulent air stream inside ajet assembly so that entangled loops are formed in the filaments; tllis method may also be applied to non - thermoplastic yarns (air-jet texturing; air-texturing);

Knit-Miss

A form of tricot knitting in which yarns on each bar of a two-bar machine are knit at alternate courses only. This type of knitting permits the use of heavy-denier yarns without creating undesirable bulkiness in the fabric.

Knitted flat ruche

A ruche consisting of a loosely constructed warp-knitted web with an uncut-pile effect on one surface.(sub category of ruche)

Knitted loop (weft knitting)

A basic unit of weft-knitted fabrics consisting of a loop of yam meshed at its base with a previously formed loop.
Note.. At the point of mesh with the previously formed loop, a knitted loop is usually open but may be crossed. Component parts of the knitted loop may be identified as:back loop; reverse loopA knitted loop i-neshed through the previous loop towards the back of the fabric (away from the viewer).face loop; front loop; plain loopA knitted loop meshed through the previous loop towards the front of the fabric (towards the viewer).needle loopThe upper curved portion of a knitted loop.sides; legsThe parts of the knitted loop that connect the sinker and needle loops.sinker loopThe lower curved portion of a knitted loop.

Knitted-pile carpet

A carpet made on either warp-knitting or weft-knitting machines.

Knitting

The process of forming a fabric by the intermeshing of loops of yarn (see warp knitting and weft knitting).

Knitting elements (knitting)

A generic term describing the loop-forming parts of a knitting machine. Also descriptive of those parts used to control and/or select the loop-forming instruments.

Knitting machine

A machine for the production of fabrics, garments or yarns by warp knitting or weft knitting. The different types of warp and weft-knitting machines are classified and named, primarily, according to:
(i) the type of fabric or garment they are intended to produce;
(ii) the type of needle used;
(iii) the form, arrangement and activation of their needles or needle beds;
(iv) the type of patterning control used;
(v) whether they are hand-operated or power-operated.
Note: There are no convenient English terms to distinguish between machines in which the individual needles operate independently (German, Striickmaschine), and machines in which the needles are mounted so that they must be operated in unison (German, Wirkmaschine), although this distinction forms the basis of classifications of knitting machines. (See also circular knitting machine, crochet-knitting machine, cylinder and dial knitting machine, multifeeder machine (circular weft-knitting machine), purl knitting machine, raschel warp-knitting machine, simplex warp-knitting machine, sinker top machine (knitting), straight-bar machine (weft knitting), tricot warp-knitting machine.)

Knitwear

A generic term applied to most weft-knitted outerwear garments such as pullovers, jumpers, cardigans and sweaters.

Knock-off lap (warp knitting)

A length (or lengths) of yarn received by a needle and not pulled through the loop.