Difference between warp knitting and weft knitting

Difference between warp knitting and weft knitting

Warp Knitting: warp knitting is the method of knitting where the yarn zigzags along the length of the fabric.

Weft Knitting: In weft knitting, the whole fabric could also be produced from one yarn, by adding stitches to every wale successively, moving across the material as during a raster scan. By contrast, in warp knitting, one yarn is required for each wale.

                         Difference between warp knitting and weft knitting 

Warp knitting	Weft knitting
The loops are produced to the length of the fabric	Weft knitting loops are produced to the width of the fabric
The threads run in the vertical direction	The threads run in the horizontal direction
In the horizontal direction each loop made from a different thread	A horizontal row of loops can be made by using on the thread
It is elastic to the length	It is elastic to the width
Its elasticity is less	Higher elasticity
Yarns are supplied from the beam	Yarns are supplied from cone
A minimum one yarn is used for each needle	Any number of needle is required for one yarn
Less shrinkage	More/Higher shrinkage