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No difference between hole and
cracks. During loop formation,
1. Holes or cracks
already broken yearn forms holes
of different sizes
Drop stitches/cloth Yarn not properly laid in the
2.
fall out needle hook.
Longitudinal gaps in fabric
irregular space between
3. Vertical lines
adjustment wales ʹ broken
appearance in fabric
Badly or non knitted loops,
showing thick places or small
4. Tuck or double loops
beads in fabric ʹ a shadow
appearance
Uneven courses traverse
Barre o horizontal
5. horizontally and repeat regularly
stripes
or irregularly
6. Bunching-up/piles up Fabric appear as bands
Consist single fibers, bunches of
7. Colour fly/ tinges fibers or yearn pieces of varying
colours
Bad needle, take down
mechanism too tight, high
tension on yearn, bad yearn
needle too tight in their slots,
dial height too low or too
high, badly tied knots ,
improper stitch setting
Take down mechanism too
loose, defective needles, too
loose yarn tension not
sufficient, wrong needle
timing set, needle tricks
closed.
Defective needle, dirt in
needle slots, needle too loose
or two tight in the tricks,
needles not enough
lubricated
Take down mechanism too
loose, improper stitch cam
setting, needle move too
freely in their slots, dial
height too low.
Bad yarn, uneven tension,
yarn slippage in positive feed,
improper stitch cam setting
Fabric too tight, takedown
mechanism too low, too
much blister in fabric.
Congested machine
installation, producing color
jacquards along with single
color fabrics, processing a
 large number of colors

Dial tilted, fabric not level in

takedown rollers, nip
Courses or rows of stitches
8. Bow pressure not constant from
curved instead of straight
end to end, fabric spreader
off centre or tilted

Mainly associated with take

Courses or rows are straight but
down rollers and spreader. At
9. Skew not at perpendicular to the fabric
stenter, piece ends not being
edges
joined courses to course.

A properly knitted wale which,

A new needle which is tight in
for a variety of reason stands out
10. Needle trace its trick, a worn trick a bout
prominently from those adjacent
needle, tight latch.
to it on either side.

Fading of fabric along folded

A line down the centre of the
11. Centre line edge due to exposure to sun-
fabrics.
light.

Contamination of cones due

Dirty streak or streaks along a
12. Soiled yarn to miss handling, knot tying
course or courses
with dirty hands.

Reddy stain on fabric usually

13. Rust mark Rusty needle, rust tricks
associated with a hole in a fabric.

Broken filaments being

Short bulky length of yarn,
pushed back along the thread
14. Slub identified by broken end of
line excessive tails of knitter-
thread.
knot.

Bad and bent needles, bent

Distorted stitches lead to a very trick walls, uneven yarn
15. Loop distortion unsettled fabric appearance. The tension, needles timing set
fabric appearance is skitter wrong, yarn carriers set
wrong.