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Record 1 1996-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A stitch that is so intermeshed in the fabric that the top arc and the bottom arcs, as well as the underlaps in a warp-knitted fabric, are situated above the legs of the stitch formed in the same wale in the previous and in the following course.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
DEF

Maille entrelacée dans le tricot de telle sorte que la tête de la maille et les boucles d'entre-mailles, ainsi que les jetés-sous dans un tricot chaîne, passent au-dessus des jambes de la maille formée dans la même colonne de la rangée précédente et de la rangée suivante.

DEF

Type de maille simple dans laquelle le passage du fil se fait dans le sens arrière-avant.

Spanish

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