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Yarns transformed in beautiful knitted fabrics. Here I tell you how that magic happens.
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Knitwear is a must in our wardrobe. ​But do you know how knitting goes and what type of machines the big brands use in the industry to give life to their knitwear designs? Today we take a trip into the wonderful Knit Lab, a special place where we work so that our knitwear comes to life!   

Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric. There are many types of knitting methods: hand knitting, semi-automated knitting, and the big guns: flat-knitting machines (used for versatile designs) and circular-knitting machines (make most of our T-shirts).
The textile industry has evolved a long way and today the flat-knitting machines come in 3 forms depending on the way of execution:

• Panel knitting - This is the most wasteful method as approx. 30% of fabric is lost in the process.
• Fully Fashioned - doesn't require cutting. This is a waste free method.
• Whole Garment – no cutting or sewing is required. This is the fastest way to go but also the most expensive and complicated to do.

​A downsize of knitwear is pilling. So I did a quality test on a knitted fabric as well to determine its pilling factor. For the test I used the pilling box. My test result showed that the fabric is low on pilling, obtaining a grade 4 (on a scale from 1 to 5 where 5 is the best result). ​
The photos below will take you through the process of what it takes to make a simple knitted design. Enjoy, we sure did! Form Follows Feeling.
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