he knit, to be picked up again when the color is needed. If the manufacturer is not careful, you will get loose loops of thread running along the inside of the garment, waiting to snag on your glasses or fingers when you put the shirt on.
If the manufacturer is careful, they will arrange the design of the sweater so that these unused thereads are picked up by others in the matrix of the sweater so that they won't have a chance to get caught on your fingers. (Sometimes this same problem happens with woven shirts as well.) A floater run of one inch is about the maximum that should ever happen, but optimum would be less than half an inch.
As a final caution, some of the knit terms I have illustrated may be
used differently by different manufacturers, and also my knowledge of knit
manufacture is less thorough than in the wovens. Caveat emptor!
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