Interlooping

A fabric structure in which loops of single continuous element are drawn through other loops already formed by the same element. Knitting and crochet are two major types of interloping. Interlooping is not found in pre-Spanish Peruvian textiles.

Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1966, 2009): 39, cited in Ann Rowe, “Technical Glossary for Textiles,” in Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks, edited by Elizabeth Hill Boone (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996): 467-469.

set operator as or

apply to objects where description contains knit

apply to objects where description contains crochet