ABSTRACT
Single guide bar fabrics can be interpreted as the basic element, which is used for the design of more complex structures and multiple bar structures. Tricot fabrics are the simplest plain fabrics, where the individual chains are connected at every course. Open cord stitch fabrics can be recognized under the microscope by looking on the loop legs. Tricot, cord, velvet, satin and atlas laps applied on single guide bar with full threading leads to production of warp knitted fabrics. The laps with longer underlaps and the back lapped atlas can be applied with partial threading of the guide bar for production of fabrics with lower density on the same machine. Single guide bar fabrics are very light structures, whose loops change their vertical orientation during the relaxation process.
