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ATMA Apparel & Textile Merchandising Academy

Glossary

What is Gauge?

The number of needles per inch on a knitting machine, describing how fine or coarse the resulting knit is.

This term in other languages

Arabicالجيج (الغيج)
FrenchJauge (fonture)
TurkishGauge (iğne sıklığı)

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Reading a knitted fabric's construction: gauge, stitch length and GSM

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