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Knitting, weaving, dyeing and finishing faults in fabric.
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The 4-point system scores fabric defects by length and converts them into points per 100 square yards. How to inspect rolls, assign points, calculate the score for a roll and a shipment, and what the result does and does not mean.
Bowing and skewing happen when weft yarns or knitted courses are not straight and square across the width. How to measure bow and skew, where they come from in finishing, and why they cause twisted garments and mismatched checks.
A practical guide to common woven and knitted fabric defects: yarn defects, weaving and knitting defects, dyeing and finishing defects, and dimensional problems. What each looks like, where it comes from and how it is detected.