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Excellent comfort properties of weft knits have made their entry into formal wears for men and women. But with the technological advancement in manufacturing of cloths and the awareness of consumers to quality, the expectations in knit goods too have gone high. However, knit goods are known for their high structural sensitiveness to deformation during manufacturing process or at their end use. The research work of the past focused on macro level aspects of quality control while the market demand today is on micro level. The quality criteria in the future will be much different than what is being counted today.

The improvement of knit structure at micro level calls for better understanding of mechanics of loop formation, fluidity of knit structures and their influence on quality of knit fabrics. The quality of hosiery yarn has to be considered with due weightage to these aspects. If they are not addressed, probably satisfying the customer at global level may become difficult.

This article aims at initiating a thought provoking process on above lines for assessing fabric quality as well as that of yarn for manufacturing superior quality fabrics apart from

highlighting role of certain yarn properties on knit fabrics. The technological compulsions, not of the knitting machine technology but of the future demand of quality level in the fabric by the customer and also progress in technology in assessing fabric quality leading to reconsideration of machine, material and process parameters at micro level on for superior in yarn quality are explained.