Knitwear and Circular Knit Products
Why knitted garments behave differently — and how to specify, sew and control them so the fit stays put.
A free, self-paced specialist course on knitwear: knit structures and how they stretch, yarn and fibre choices, engineering t-shirts, polos, sweaters and seamless products, and controlling shade, shrinkage and measurements in a fabric that moves. Three modules, each ending with a five-question quiz.
- 3 modules · 12 subjects
- About 8–10 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace
- 3 quizzes to check your understanding
- Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage
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Who this course is for
- Merchandisers and technicians working on knit programmes
- Quality staff who measure and inspect knitted garments
- Product developers moving from woven to knit product
- Students specialising in knitted apparel
What you will be able to do
- Explain how a knit structure decides stretch, recovery, curling and spirality
- Choose yarn and fabric for a knit end use instead of copying a previous order
- Engineer the common knit products — tee, polo, sweater, seamless — to their own construction rules
- Control shrinkage, shade and measurement variation across a knit bulk
- Judge which knit faults are fabric faults and which are sewing faults
Preview module
Module 1 — Knit fabric foundations
Read a knit fabric specification and predict how the garment will stretch, recover, shrink and curl before a sample is made.
Sample quiz question from this module
Why does a single jersey edge curl while an interlock edge lies flat?
- A. Single jersey is heavier
- B. Single jersey has different loop structures on face and back, so the fabric relieves its stress by curling; interlock is balanced
- C. Interlock is always finished with resin
- D. Curling depends only on the cutting table
Show the answer
B. Single jersey has different loop structures on face and back, so the fabric relieves its stress by curling; interlock is balanced — Curling comes from an unbalanced structure, not from weight. Balanced double-knit structures such as interlock and rib have no reason to roll.
Self-study material. It is not an accredited qualification and no examination board has assessed it. Progress is kept on your device, and on your account once you sign in.
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