Dr. Subhankar Maity is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Textile Technology in Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, India. He has more than 10 years of industrial, teaching and research experience. His current teaching areas are technical textiles; structure and properties of fibres; statistical quality control in textile industry; knitting technology, and fabric formation. His main research focuses on conductive polymer coated textiles; graphene-based textiles; MXene based electro-conductive textiles; heat transfer behaviour of fibrous/polymeric materials and related functional textiles. He has more than 50 publications and has edited and authored for leading refereed journals. Dr. Sohel Rana is currently Scientific Head at the Fibrous Materials Research Group at the University of Minho, Portugal. He has edited 3 books and authored 1 book and over 90 publications in various refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Pintu Pandit is an Assistant Professor at the Textile Design Department of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India. He received his Ph. D (Tech.) degree in Fibres and Textile Processing Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India. He obtained the IEI Young Engineers Award in 2020 from the Institute of Engineers (India) and Young Educator & Scholars Award in 2021 from the NFED (India). He has several research, review, and book chapter publications for national and international Scopus indexed journals in the areas of: Best out of waste; sustainability in textile and fashion; low-cost sustainable markets; natural dyeing; multifunctional finishing; graphene; atmospheric plasma technology, and nanotechnology. He has edited books for numerous prestigious publishers, including Woodhead publications (Elsevier). He has also published a series of chapters on “Graphene as a Wonder Material” in the Journal of Textile Association (TAI). Kunal Singha is an assistant professor and course coordinator at the Department of Textile Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Patna, India. His primary research focus is on sustainable textile, quality, supply and manufacturing chain. He has written more than eighty papers/book chapters/conference proceedings headed by many reputed national/international publishing houses. He is a member of the Textile Association of India, Institute of Engineers and Society of Dyers & Colorists.

• 1 Introduction to advances in knitting technology2 Recent developments in knitting technology3 Mechanics of loop formation in plain weft knitting machinery4 Innovation and technology of knitted apparels5 Yarns for knitting and their selection6 Use of AI and machine learning techniques in knitting7 Use of CAD in knitted apparels8 Production of seamless knitted apparels9 Process control in knitting10 Knitted active wears11 Innovation and technology of knitted intimate apparels12 Knitted geotextiles13 Warp knitting for preparation of high-performance apparels14 Application of knitted fabrics in textile structural composites15 Application of knitted fabrics in medical textiles16 Chemical processing of knitted fabrics17 Sustainable dyeing and printing of knitted fabric with natural dyes18 Assessment of comfort and quality of knitted apparels19 Testing and evaluation of knitted fabrics20 Sustainability analysis for knitting process and products

Dr. Subhankar Maity is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Textile Technology in Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, India. He has more than 10 years of industrial, teaching and research experience. His current teaching areas are technical textiles; structure and properties of fibres; statistical quality control in textile industry; knitting technology, and fabric formation. His main research focuses on conductive polymer coated textiles; graphene-based textiles; MXene based electro-conductive textiles; heat transfer behaviour of fibrous/polymeric materials and related functional textiles. He has more than 50 publications and has edited and authored for leading refereed journals. Dr. Sohel Rana is currently Scientific Head at the Fibrous Materials Research Group at the University of Minho, Portugal. He has edited 3 books and authored 1 book and over 90 publications in various refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Pintu Pandit is an Assistant Professor at the Textile Design Department of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India. He received his Ph. D (Tech.) degree in Fibres and Textile Processing Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India. He obtained the IEI Young Engineers Award in 2020 from the Institute of Engineers (India) and Young Educator & Scholars Award in 2021 from the NFED (India). He has several research, review, and book chapter publications for national and international Scopus indexed journals in the areas of: Best out of waste; sustainability in textile and fashion; low-cost sustainable markets; natural dyeing; multifunctional finishing; graphene; atmospheric plasma technology, and nanotechnology. He has edited books for numerous prestigious publishers, including Woodhead publications (Elsevier). He has also published a series of chapters on “Graphene as a Wonder Material” in the Journal of Textile Association (TAI). Kunal Singha is an assistant professor and course coordinator at the Department of Textile Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Patna, India. His primary research focus is on sustainable textile, quality, supply and manufacturing chain. He has written more than eighty papers/book chapters/conference proceedings headed by many reputed national/international publishing houses. He is a member of the Textile Association of India, Institute of Engineers and Society of Dyers & Colorists.

• 1 Introduction to advances in knitting technology2 Recent developments in knitting technology3 Mechanics of loop formation in plain weft knitting machinery4 Innovation and technology of knitted apparels5 Yarns for knitting and their selection6 Use of AI and machine learning techniques in knitting7 Use of CAD in knitted apparels8 Production of seamless knitted apparels9 Process control in knitting10 Knitted active wears11 Innovation and technology of knitted intimate apparels12 Knitted geotextiles13 Warp knitting for preparation of high-performance apparels14 Application of knitted fabrics in textile structural composites15 Application of knitted fabrics in medical textiles16 Chemical processing of knitted fabrics17 Sustainable dyeing and printing of knitted fabric with natural dyes18 Assessment of comfort and quality of knitted apparels19 Testing and evaluation of knitted fabrics20 Sustainability analysis for knitting process and products

Dr. Subhankar Maity is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Textile Technology in Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, India. He has more than 10 years of industrial, teaching and research experience. His current teaching areas are technical textiles; structure and properties of fibres; statistical quality control in textile industry; knitting technology, and fabric formation. His main research focuses on conductive polymer coated textiles; graphene-based textiles; MXene based electro-conductive textiles; heat transfer behaviour of fibrous/polymeric materials and related functional textiles. He has more than 50 publications and has edited and authored for leading refereed journals. Dr. Sohel Rana is currently Scientific Head at the Fibrous Materials Research Group at the University of Minho, Portugal. He has edited 3 books and authored 1 book and over 90 publications in various refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Pintu Pandit is an Assistant Professor at the Textile Design Department of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India. He received his Ph. D (Tech.) degree in Fibres and Textile Processing Technology from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India. He obtained the IEI Young Engineers Award in 2020 from the Institute of Engineers (India) and Young Educator & Scholars Award in 2021 from the NFED (India). He has several research, review, and book chapter publications for national and international Scopus indexed journals in the areas of: Best out of waste; sustainability in textile and fashion; low-cost sustainable markets; natural dyeing; multifunctional finishing; graphene; atmospheric plasma technology, and nanotechnology. He has edited books for numerous prestigious publishers, including Woodhead publications (Elsevier). He has also published a series of chapters on “Graphene as a Wonder Material” in the Journal of Textile Association (TAI). Kunal Singha is an assistant professor and course coordinator at the Department of Textile Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Patna, India. His primary research focus is on sustainable textile, quality, supply and manufacturing chain. He has written more than eighty papers/book chapters/conference proceedings headed by many reputed national/international publishing houses. He is a member of the Textile Association of India, Institute of Engineers and Society of Dyers & Colorists.

• 1 Introduction to advances in knitting technology2 Recent developments in knitting technology3 Mechanics of loop formation in plain weft knitting machinery4 Innovation and technology of knitted apparels5 Yarns for knitting and their selection6 Use of AI and machine learning techniques in knitting7 Use of CAD in knitted apparels8 Production of seamless knitted apparels9 Process control in knitting10 Knitted active wears11 Innovation and technology of knitted intimate apparels12 Knitted geotextiles13 Warp knitting for preparation of high-performance apparels14 Application of knitted fabrics in textile structural composites15 Application of knitted fabrics in medical textiles16 Chemical processing of knitted fabrics17 Sustainable dyeing and printing of knitted fabric with natural dyes18 Assessment of comfort and quality of knitted apparels19 Testing and evaluation of knitted fabrics20 Sustainability analysis for knitting process and products