Knitting Calculations

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 Learning Outcomes
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At the end of this Module, you will be able to understand the :

 Fabric Analysis Calculations

 Optimum Knitting Calculations

 Knitting
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 Knitting is the second largest and most growing technique of
fabric manufacturing in which yarns are interloped to make
thick yet flexible and elastic fabric.
 Knitting is fabric formation technique in which the yarn is bent
into loops and those loops are interconnected to form fabric.
 Knitting can be defined in simple words as the interloping of
yarn.
 The bending of yarn provides better stretch, comfort and shape
retention properties.
 However, they tend to be less durable as compared to the
woven fabric.
 Fabric Analysis
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 Fabric Analysis is performed to check the parameters of the
fabric.
 The different parameters investigated in a fabric include stitch
length, course and wales spacing, stitch density, areal density,
etc.
 These parameters of fabric are essential to reconstruct the
fabric, and are also used for quality assurance of produced
fabric.
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 The stitch length of knitted fabric is an important parameter to
engineer the properties of the knitted fabric.
 All the knitted parameters like course and wale spacing, stitch
density and fabric areal density are affected by the stitch
length.
 The following formulas are used to calculated the fabric
parameters.
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 The fabric density depends on the number of stitches per unit
area.
 It is the number of courses per inch and number of wales per
inch.

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠
𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠Τ𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ (𝐶𝑃𝐼) =
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐 (𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠)

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 1”
𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠Τ𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ (𝐶𝑃𝐼) =
𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐 (𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠)

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠
𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠Τ𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ2) =
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐 (𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ2)
1”
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 The fabric areal density is expressed in terms of weight per unit
area.
 The most commonly used terms are grams per square meter
(GSM) and ounces per square yard (OSY).