Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How knitting builds a fabric from a loop
Knitting makes cloth by pulling a loop of yarn through an earlier loop, row after row.
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From the opening
Knitting builds a fabric by drawing a new loop of yarn through a loop that is already there, then holding that new loop so the next one can pass through it. The cloth is not a set of crossed threads like a weave, but a chain of loops that share one continuous strand. The opening covers each stitch is a loop through a loop, courses run across, wales run up, and stretch comes from loop shape.
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Inside
- Each stitch is a loop through a loop
- Courses run across, wales run up
- Stretch comes from loop shape
- One yarn can make a whole course
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Weft knitting loop structure
- Courses and wales in knit fabric