Knit fabrics with contrasting face and back

摘要

A fabric is formed by cooperatively knitting together a plurality of backing 25, 26 or stitch 17, 19 yarns and pile yarns 21 to define a technical face with a velour surface and a first set of appearance characteristics and a technical back with a velvet face and a second set of appearance characteristics, the first set of appearance characteristics contrasting to the second set of appearance characteristics. A method of forming the fabric is also described.