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LADDERBACK JACQUARD (face and back)


A knitted rib jacquard construction in which a jacquard design on the 1 X 1 rib face of the fabric is created by taking up and knitting into the pattern a second set of yarns from the back side of the fabric. The Ladderback Jacquard construction is characterized by several floater yarns, not knit into the design, forms a ladder type image on the back side of the knitted fabric.

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