Knitted fabric

As knit fabrics are defined as having a loop formed by the thread is hineingeschlungen in another loop. The resulting in this way loops can be formed using one or more threads.

Thus knitting of fabrics, in which the surface is formed by intersecting two thread systems are different, and also of nonwovens, in which a loose fiber web is hardened for example by heat. Knitwear features in comparison to the tissue by a higher ductility, elasticity, and as a result it reduces creasing from.

In the knitwear, a distinction knitting, knitted fabric, rib fabric or weft knit. In the production of several meshes are preformed simultaneously and worked into stitches. In contrast, each needle is free in the manufacture of knitted fabric and is independent of the other.