Terminology
What are courses?
This weft knit is actually not that complicated to make, as it is really just reversing a jersey fabric, however, consumers pay top dollar for it, as it looks complex.
What is purl knit?
The most complex of the specialty warp knits, it is created by knitting together the back side of two rib knits, "locking" the two pieces of fabric together.
What is interlock?
The most expensive fabric you can buy is ____________, mostly due to the fact it is handmade by knotting, looping, and twisting yarns.
What is lace?
This stitch type creates a loop that goes up and in front of the loops in the previous row, making it the opposite of the knit stitch.
What is the purl stitch?
The most basic stitch type, this stitch will create a loop that goes over behind the loops in the previous row.
What is a knit stitch?
While most weft knits have superior stretch they are not always the most ____________, as the two terms mean different things.
What is elastic?
What is a double knit?
You can actually make a fabric without using any traditional fibers or yarns by creating this, which is formed when a solution of vinyl is poured onto a cool surface.
What is film?
The greatest disadvantage of using a warp knit is this technical term, which would not be helpful if you are a person that doesn't like ironing.
What is resilience?
If you want to change yarn color while hand knitting, you would use this stitch type, which is often mistaken for the tuck stitch.
What is a miss stitch?
This is the measurement used to tell the weight of a weft knit fabric, which is determined by counting the number of wales per inch.
What is the gauge?
What is raschel?
You can make a fabric without yarns using one of four methods: needlepunching, heat fushion, adhesion, and this method, which we learned about in lab last week.
What is hydrofusion?
Interlock fabric is soft and smooth as the loops do this, as compared to rib knits were the loops are staggered.
What is align perfectly?
While weft knits are created with wales in the vertical column, warp knits are created with these as the knit stitches, a name given partially due to the fact that warp knits have to be created with a machine.
What are overlaps?
The simplest of all the weft knits, it is constructed of only knit stitches, causing it to curl and shrink, which you may have experienced in some of your t-shirts made of this fabric.
What is jersey?
This specialty weft knit fabric is the real life example of "trying to fit a square peg into a round hole," as its existence is solely due to the fact that it is much easier to make than its woven version.
What is a pile knit?
If you want to spend the least amount of money for a leather product, while still purchasing a full piece of leather (i.e. not something that would chip apart with use), you would purchase leather of this type.
What is genuine leather?
Popular this time of year, this nonwoven fabric is created by bonding a warp knit tricot with a pile knit, creating the soft, fuzzy surface of the fabric.
What is sherpa?
By definition, animal hides and skins are considered fabric as it is used in this form, with no fibers or yarns being used to hold the fabric together.
What is "full sheet, final form"?
While this weft knit fabric is stable, does not curl, and provides good stretch, we do not see it used as often as the woven fabric of the same name, as the woven fabric is easier to create.
What is a rib knit?
We use this type of warp knit fabric when we want something that is smoother and lighter in weight than a traditional weft knit, just be careful as you might have to add spandex to make it stretch all ways!
What is tricot?
Quilting is a very difficult in its traditional form, which is why modern quilting takes a shortcut by using a woven front and back with a ____________ center.
What is a nonwoven?
If you wanted to create a basic weft knit fabric that had greater stability and less shrinkage in the width direction, you would have more of these per inch.
What is wales?