TERMS USED IN THE KNITTING PROCESS

A loom is a machine used to make fabrics with yarn or other fibers. A fabric made of a loom is produced by interlacing two sets of wires arranged at right angles. Longitudinal threads are called warp, and cross threads are called a frame.

Warp is the set of threads arranged vertically on the loom before starting the knitting process. In weuedry when talking about “thread” is to refer to one of these that form the warp.

The weft is the set of threads that are arranged horizontally and that are intertwined with those that are arranged vertically – warp- . A pick will be the moment when warp threads intertwine to a frame.

Preparation of warp (winding a warp) is the basic process by which all the threads that will form the warp are measured, aligned and put in order. To carry out this project it is necessary to have a wall warper that will also easily make the cross of the warp threads.

Cross of warp threads (threading cros) is one of the most important steps in the weuishing process. It forms between two spikes of the warper by alternately passing a thread over and a thread below each of these spikes. This will be crucial to maintain the order of all threads and will greatly facilitate the task of passing the entire warp through the comb or the meshes on the loom.

Bridge-guard rods are two rods or flat sticks slightly longer than the width of the warp that are placed between the two openings of the cross thus maintaining the order of the threads to facilitate the passage through the comb and by the meshes.

The meshes (heddles) can be wires, braided nylon or simply ropes with an opening or eye in their central position and through which a warp thread passes.

Shafts are the frames or frames that support the meshes. When a lizo rises or descends, all warp threads that pass through its meshes rise or descend. The frame will pass through the opening (calada) that forms when some lizos are up and others are down.