Example for a plating pattern
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The light, visible thread on the fabric front side is the plating yarn (threaded in the fixed central bow) |
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The dark thread is the basic yarn (threaded in the movable follower bow) |
When an elastic thread is knitted, it is said that it is plated which is technologically not quite correct. The yarn is actually knitted with the plating process, and from the technological point of view, the elastic thread is the basic yarn, and the visible one is the plating yarn.