Characteristics of Rib fabric

(1)   Rib is produced by two sets of needles being alternately set orated between each other.

(2)   The simplest rib in (1 * 1) rib

(3)   It is now normally knitted with two sets of latch needles and known as double jersey fabric.

(4)   Rib has a vertical cord appearance

(5)   Relaxed 1 x 1 rib is twice as thick and half the width of an equivalent plain fabric.

(6)   1 x 1 rib normally relaxes by 30% compound with its knitting width.

(7)   Rib cannot be unroved from the end knitted first because the sinker loops are securely anchored by the cross meshing between face and reverse loop.

(8)   It is used for loops for socks, cuffs of sleeves, rib bordery for garments.

The four primary base structure of knit fabric | Plain, Rib, Interlock, Purl

·        Plain is produced by the needles knitting as a single set, drawing the loop away  from the technical back and towards the technical face side of the fabric.

·        Rib requires two sets of needles operating in between each other so that wales of face stitches and wales of reverse stitches are knitted on each side of the fabric.

·        Interlock was originally derived from rib but requires a special arrangement of needles knitting back to back in an alternate sequence of two sets, So that the two courses of loops, show water of the loops on each side of the fabric.

·        Purl is the only structure having certain Wales containing both face and reverse meshed loops. Double – ended latch needle, some v-bed flat m/c with rib loop transfer can knit this type of fabric.