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Answer: A new wale line can be started by introducing idle needles into knitting process. For example if on a bed carrying 100 needles one is operating at any instant with 50 needles then by a selection process it is possible to introduce any number of the 50 idle needles into operational mode, thereby increasing the number of wale lines and widening the resultant fabric. In a similar way wale lines can be reduced by withdrawing needles from active operation and narrowing the fabric.

Answer: A new wale line can be started by introducing idle needles into knitting process. For example if on a bed carrying 100 needles one is operating at any instant with 50 needles then by a selection process it is possible to introduce any number of the 50 idle needles into operational mode, thereby increasing the number of wale lines and widening the resultant fabric. In a similar way wale lines can be reduced by withdrawing needles from active operation and narrowing the fabric.

Answer: The primary differences are to be found in the design and functioning of sinkers in the two types of machines while the trick plate which is found only in Raschel has a unique function of its own. In brief one may state that the sinker of tricot machine has the function of holding down the old loop when needle moves ahead to catch a new yarn and it also assists in casting off the new loop during the return journey of needle, while the sinker of Raschel is not designed to assist in casting -off. The trick plate in Raschel carries out this function. The mechanism of casting off by trick plate has completely different features to that of sinker in tricot machine. Another major difference between the two systems concerns the relative arrangement of the knitting elements so that in tricot machines the knitted fabric and the knitting needles are nearly perpendicular