The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 2 sourcesFully fashioned knitting machines are those warp knitting knitting machines which can shape a fabric by adding and reducing stitches. This method of shaping improves the fit of an article. Two types of warp knitting machines are in use, with different needles and mechanisms. Tricot machines produce fabric that is close-knit and smooth, good for close fitting garments, while Raschel machines are good for more structured garments. Flat knitting machines are those machines which produce flat fabric of even width or by increasing or decreasing the number of stitches in the rows, flat but shaped pieces of fabric to be subsequently made up by sewing. Flat machines include machines for ordinary (weft) knitting and warp knitting. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Fully fashioned knitting”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Fully fashioned knitting is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2