a. Yarn source: The yarn source for weft knitting may be located above the knitting area or on large creels at the side. If at the sides, the yarns are carried to the top of the knitting machine and then fed down to the knitting area.

2.3.1 Silk: In old English, silk was sioloc. The name is thought to have originated from the Greek Seres, meaning the people from Eastern Asia, namely the Chinese. Silk is very fine strand of fiber that is a solidified protein secretion produced by certain caterpillars to encase themselves in the form of cocoon.