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Why a dropped stitch runs

A dropped knit stitch runs because each loop is held only by the loop above it.

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From the opening

A dropped stitch runs because, in an ordinary weft knit, each loop is held in place only by the loop pulled through it from the course above. When one loop slips free and is not caught, the yarn withdraws from the loops below it and a ladder opens down the wale. The opening covers each loop is held from above, one escape unpacks the wale, and the ladder is bare yarn left behind.

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Inside

Each loop is held from above
One escape unpacks the wale
The ladder is bare yarn left behind
A crossing stitch can stop the run
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Laddering in weft-knit fabric
Loop dependence down a wale

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Why a dropped stitch runs

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