Textile Structure
how cloth is put together
Generator

1×1 rib — alternate wales to the back

1×1 rib — alternate wales to the back
1×1 rib — alternate wales to the backA knitted fabric seen in section across the wales. Alternate wales pulled to the back fold the fabric like a concertina, so its relaxed width is a projection; pulling it wide unfolds the section and no yarn changes length while it happens.relaxed — the section is foldedwidth 71% of flatpulled wide — the same yarn, unfolded7 face changes across the wales41% widthwise extension, no yarn stretchedextension from the geometry, not from the yarnfold 45°

A knitted fabric seen in section across the wales. Alternate wales pulled to the back fold the fabric like a concertina, so its relaxed width is a projection; pulling it wide unfolds the section and no yarn changes length while it happens.

1 essay calls rib. The drawing above is what it returns with no arguments at all; every call below passes it something, because a placement that passes nothing draws whichever member of the family the generator happens to default to rather than the weave its essay argues about.

Where it is called

Changing this generator changes every one of these figures.

1×1 rib — alternate wales to the back. A knitted fabric seen in section across the wales. Alternate wales pulled to the back fold the fabric like a concertina, so its relaxed width is a projection; pulling it wide unfolds the section and no yarn changes length while it happens. Knits and other structures

Rib and interlock

A rib fabric is a plain knit folded like a concertina, and its enormous widthwise stretch is the fold opening out. Nothing in it is elastic, and the extension available is a cosine.

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