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We can describe such loops by relating them to familiar articles, so that the small loop represent the constituent part of a ladies hose or tights fabric, the medium loop the constituent part of a ladies fully fashioned classic sweater and coarse loop a man heavy outwear sweater
Loops can be related to one another and can be intermeshed with one another to form fabric. In a horizontal directions the relationship is a simple one of a series of loops formed by the same thread diagram. In the vertical directions loops can be joined together by intermeshing, whereby individual loops are connected by drawing subsequent loops through previously formed loops. The result is a fabric of matrix like construction, having vertical and horizontal series of loop



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Plain fabric
In the simplest fabric construction all the units are of the same sort, each loop is the same shape and is pulled through the previously knitted loop in the same manner or direction. This simplest fabric is called plain weft knitted fabric, usually abbreviated to plain fabric. Because all the lops intermesh in the same direction the fabric has different through is known as the face or technical face. The side from which the loops appear pushed away is known as the back or technical back.
Another characteristic of constructional appearance is that it is impossible to differentiate between the top of the fanric and the bottom