Editing Knitting (section)

==Commercial applications==
[[Industry (manufacturing)|Industrially]], metal [[wire]] is also knitted into a metal fabric for a wide range of uses including the filter material in [[cafetiere]]s, [[catalytic converters]] for [[Automobile|cars]] and many other uses. These fabrics are usually manufactured on circular [[knitting machine]]s that would be recognized by conventional knitters as [[sock]] machines.

Knitting mills are factories that produce knitted fabrics or knitted apparel.  Knitted fabrics are used in the manufacture of highly-fitted garments such as athleticwear and [[athleisure]].  The stretch properties of knitted fabrics may be enhanced by the inclusion of fibers such as [[spandex]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Ajoy K. |url=https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/encyclopedia?docid=b-9781501367816 |title=J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science: 12th Edition |last2=Johnson |first2=Ingrid |last3=Cohen |first3=Allen C. |date=2023 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Inc |isbn=978-1-5013-6781-6 |edition=12 |doi=10.5040/9781501367816.ch-006}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Elsasser |first1=Virginia Hencken |url=https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/encyclopedia?docid=b-9781501366499 |title=Textiles: Concepts and Principles |last2=Sharp |first2=Julia Ridgway |date=2022 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Inc |isbn=978-1-5013-6649-9 |edition=4 |doi=10.5040/9781501366499.ch-009}}</ref> In addition to athletic-type garments, knitted fabric may be used in fashion garments.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/915446568 |title=The Mood guide to fabric and fashion: the essential guide from the world's most famous fabric store |date=2015 |publisher=STC Craft / A Melanie Falick Book |isbn=978-1-61769-088-4 |editor-last=Falick |editor-first=Melanie |location=New York |oclc=915446568}}</ref>

Many fashion designers make heavy use of [[knitted fabric]] in their fashion collections.  [[Gordana Gelhausen]], who appeared in season six of the television show ''[[Project Runway]]'', is primarily a knit designer.  Other designers and labels that make heavy use of knitting include [[Michael Kors]], [[Fendi]], and [[Marc Jacobs]].

Knitting mills can also produce completed knitted apparel, such as [[Sweater|sweaters]], [[Sock|socks]], [[T-shirt|T-shirts]], and [[underwear]].<ref name=":3" /> Beginning in the 1990s, seamless 3-dimensional whole-garment knitting machines have increased the options of finished garments that can be produced in knitting mills.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Udale |first=Jenny |title=Fashion knitwear |date=2014 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |isbn=978-1-78067-343-1 |location=London}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> These machines have also enabled the production of knitted [[shoe]] uppers.<ref name=":5" />

For individual hobbyists, websites such as [[Etsy]], Big Cartel and [[Ravelry]] have made it easy to sell [[knitting patterns]] on a small scale, in a way similar to [[eBay]].