#flechage

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Nike launches multi-colour Flyknit

'With only a few colour ways being made available to date the Flyknit Racer is the next shoe in the Nike stable to get the company’s amazing colour treatment with the launch of its Nike Flyknit Multi Colour this weekend. The show uppers look like they are knitted in space-dyed yarns which incorporate fluorescent pinks, greens, blues, purples and yellows.' 

www.knittingindustry.com

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Nike Flyknit Lunar 1 +

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'The upper appears to use a combination of flechage (short row knitting), intarsia, jacquard, tuck stitches and stitch transfer techniques to impart shape and function, and employs a binding-off technique to close the selvedges. What appear to be braids are inserted to provide loops for lacing as well support at the sides of the shoe. The Flyknit is one of the best examples of commercial exploitation of the potential of flat knitting to date.'

www.knittingindustry.com

http://www.knittingindustry.com/nike-flyknit-a-seamlessly-knitted-running-shoe/