Knitted fabrics can technically be considered a type of metamaterial (engineered materials that get their properties not from the base materials but from their designed structures), according to ...

Researchers are trying to understand the math behind how stitches alter the elasticity, mechanical strength and 3-D structure of knitted fabrics. Les Triconautes/Unsplash. Share this: ...

Knitted fabrics are hierarchically structured materials exhibiting a complex set of structure-property-behavior relations driven by yarn-level interactions. Compared to other materials such as ...

The practice of purposely looping thread to create intricate knit garments and blankets has existed for millennia. Though its precise origins have been lost to history, artifacts like a pair of wool ...

Dr. Matsumoto argues that “knitting is coding” and that yarn is a programmable material. The potential dividends of her research range from wearable electronics to tissue scaffolding.

Apple is examining how to produce iPhone cases from knitted fabric instead of molded silicone, similar to not just the braided Apple Watch band, but also potentially like the long-gone iPod Socks.

3D knitting enables one-shot production of preforms that accommodate the final product’s net shape. Here, the knitted element is traditional in that the fabric comprises consecutive rows of ...