BS 5441:1988

Foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Apparatus
4 Conditioning and testing atmospheres
5 Properties to be tested in accordance with existing
    British Standards
6 Assessment of barriness
Section two. Weft knitted fabrics
7 Determination of weft knitted fabric construction
8 Determination of the number of visible wales and
    courses per centimetre
9 Determination of course length
10 Determination of stitch length
11 Determination of linear density of component yarns
Section three. Warp knitted fabrics
12 Determination of warp knitted fabric construction
13 Determination of the number of visible wales and
    courses per centimetre
14 Estimation of run-in
15 Determination of linear density of component yarns
Appendix
A Precision of, and additional information concerning,
    the Hatra barriness scale
Tables
1 Minimum measuring distance
2 Tensions
3 Barriness, grey scale contrast and colour difference
Figures
1 Grade of barriness scale
2 Viewing and illumination conditions
3 Barriness scale and BS grey scale spacings
4 The half-grade system
5 Rib-gaited thread path diagram system
6 Interlock-gaited thread path diagram system
7 'Prusa' system
8 Squared-paper system (I)
9 Squared-paper system (II)
10 Symbols for thead path diagrams in warp knitted
    fabrics

Tests for barriness, fabric construction, wales and courses per centimetre and linear density of component yarns. Also stitch and course length of weft knitted and run-in of warp knitted fabrics.