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ATMA Apparel & Textile Merchandising Academy

Glossary

What is Laddering (run)?

A knitwear fault where a single dropped stitch unravels vertically down a column of loops, most visible and most likely on finer-gauge knits.

This term in other languages

Arabicنزول العين (السلّم)
FrenchMaille filée (échelle)
TurkishKaçık ilmek (merdiven)

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Knitwear-specific quality faults and how to inspect for them

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