Dongguan knitting processing can not only be woven into various grey fabrics, which can be cut and sewn into various knitted products, but also can be knitted directly on the machine to form fully formed or partially formed products. The use of forming technology can save raw materials, simplify or eliminate cutting and sewing procedures, and improve the wearability of the product. Knitting production has developed rapidly due to the short process, strong adaptability of raw materials, quick variety of changes, wide range of product use, low noise and low energy consumption. Since the 1970s, the productivity of knitting machines has been greatly improved. For example, circular weft knitting machines (latch needles) can knit about 3,000 courses per minute, and warp knitting machines have a weaving width of 427 cm, which can knit per minute. With 2000 courses, the speed of the single-cylinder circular hosiery machine can reach 1000 revolutions per minute.

Using electronic technology to control the work of the knitting machine has improved the efficiency of the machine. Installing various active yarn feeding devices on the machine can improve product quality. Adding some mechanisms to the machine can knit knitted fabrics of various organizational structures and different purposes: for example, the needle selection mechanism is used to make the knitting needles work according to the pre-arranged procedure to knit jacquard knitted fabrics; the carding mechanism is used to feed loose fibers into the knitting fabric. Needles for knitting plush knitted fabrics; using warp and weft inserting device to knit warp and weft inserting knitted fabrics.

There are many varieties of knitting machines, with more than 350 kinds. With the development of new varieties of knitting chemical fibers and finishing technology in Dongguan, the properties of knitted fabrics such as scratching, non-ironing and wear resistance have been improved. The application of finishing techniques such as brushing, sanding, shearing, ginning and pleats has expanded the variety of knitwear.

Knitting technology has been extended to other textile production. For example, the method of knitting loops is applied to the weaving machine for segmented weft insertion, and the segments of weft yarns are connected by loops to string knitwear sets to replace traditional throwing. The movement of the shuttle increases the weaving speed. This is a weaving and knitting machine that combines weaving and knitting.