Knitted Fabrics

Knitted fabrics differ from woven fabrics in that they are constructed from intermeshing loops. Weft knitted fabrics consist of threads which pass from side to side across the fabric, each row being looped and intermeshed with the adjacent row; the fabric may be formed from one yarn, hand knitting is an example of weft knitting. Because of the loop structure weft knitted fabrics are usually more elastic than woven fabrics. Warp knitted fabrics consist of a series of parallel threads passing along the length of the fabric, hence warp, each thread intermeshing with the threads on each side.

Weft	Warp