[3] Stocking-stitch fabric is very smooth and each column ("wale") resembles a stacked set of "V"'s.
Garter-stitch fabric has significant lengthwise elasticity and little tendency to curl, due to the symmetry of its faces.
Seed/moss-stitch fabrics lie flat; the symmetry of their two faces prevents them from curling to one side or the other.
Faggoting is a variation of lace knitting, in which every stitch is a yarn over or a decrease.
Like most lace fabrics, faggoting has little structural strength and deforms easily, so it has little tendency to curl despite being asymmetrical.
Other classes of basic knitted fabrics include ribbing, welting, and cables.