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ATMA Apparel & Textile Merchandising Academy

Glossary

What is Shaping (fashioning)?

Increasing or decreasing the number of stitches at the machine to form a knitted panel's curved edges, such as an armhole, neckline or waist taper, directly in the knitting rather than by cutting a curved edge from flat fabric.

This term in other languages

Arabicالتشكيل (الفاشونينغ)
FrenchFaçonnage
TurkishŞekillendirme (fashioning)

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Knit gauge, stitch structure and shaping and how they change the finished sweater

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