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Knitting:
Knitting is a method of creating fabric by interloping or intermeshing of one set of yarn or one
yarn in vertical or horizontal direction.
Weft knitting– a method in which the loops made Warp knitting– a method in which the loops
by each weft thread are formed across the width made from each warp thread are formed along
of the fabric the length of the fabric.
Course A wale
A course is a predominantly horizontal row of A wale is a predominantly vertical
needle loops produced by adjacent needles column of intermeshed needle loops
during the same knitting cycle. generally produced by the same
needle knitting at successive knitting
cycles.
A course length Reverse loop
In weft knitted fabrics (with the exception of This is the opposite side of the stitch to the
structures such as jacquard, intarsia and warp face loop-side and shows the new loop meshing
insertion), a course of loops is composed of a away from the viewer as it passes under the head
single length of yarn termed a course length. of the old loop.