Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04B—KNITTING
  • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
  • D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
  • D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel

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• Still another object of the invention is to provide a knitting method of the above type wherein different sized needles may be used while still providing the same number of stitches per unit length of the knitted rows.
• the yarn is cast-on in conventional manner on one of two needles to be used in the knitting procedure, the number of stitches cast-on depending on the desired width of the knitted product.
• the casting on of these stitches may be done by forming a slip knot in the yarn and placing it on one of the needles, inserting the other needle through the loop on the first needle and knitting a stitch without removing the loop from the first needle, transferring the thus knitted stitch on the second needle to the first needle, knitting through the latter switch without removing it from the needle, transferring the thus knitted stitch from thesecond needle to the first needle, and then repeating the last two steps until the desired number of stitches are cast Thereafter, in accordance with the invention, the step of knitting through each stitch twice is carried out before transferring the stitch to the other needle.
• each stitch twice By knitting through each stitch twice is meant inserting a first needle through two stitches on a second needle and working through both stitches (i.e., either knit or purl through both) and thereafter removing from the second needle the stitch of these two stitches which is nearest the working point of the second needle, and repeating these steps. As a result, each stitch that is thus removed has been worked through twice.
• working means either “knit or purl, as will be understood by those versed in the knitting art.
• Doublc front knit Insert first needle in front of the work through the second and the first stitch on a second needle and knit through to form a new stitch which remains impaled on the first needle. Remove the first stitch from the second needle. Knit through the first two stitches now on the second needle in the same manner and remove only the first stitch from the second needle. The new stitch on the first needle remains impaled thereon as a new stitch is drawn through two more stitches on the second needle. Continue to the end of the row and slip the last stitch.
• Double back knit Insert the needle in the back side through the first stitch and then the second stitch and knit through. Remove the first stitch from the needle. Knit through the first two stitches now on the needle in the same manner and remove only the first stitch from the needle. Continue to the end of the row and slip the last stitch.
• Double purl Insert needle in front side through the first and then the second stitch and purl through. Remove the first stitch from the needle. Purl through the first two stitches now on the needle in the same manner and remove only the first stitch from the needle. Continue to the end of the row and slip the last stitch.
• Any of the above stitches may be used in any combination with each other to obtain the desired pattern and variation in tightness.
• Herringbone pattern Formed by double back knitting across one row and double purling back the next row.
• Silhouette pattern Formed bydouble front knitting across one row and double purling back the next row.
• Braid pattern Formed by double front knitting across one row and double front knitting back the next row. This can be varied to provide different types of braids by double back knitting onerow and double front knitting the next row. This difference is denoted mainly by whether a herringbone pattern or a silhouette pattern is desired between the rows of braid.
• a completely different braid pattern is derived when one row is double purled across and the next row is double purled back.
• the cast-on row will be uniform in gauge with the remainder of the work knitted in accordance with the invention. This affords the advantage that the ultimate width of the finished work can be immediately determined from the width of the cast-on row.
• An advantage afforded by the invention in connection with increasing and decreasing stitches as described is that the regions where the increase or decrease operations are effected are not readily distinguishable from the rest of the work, due to the arrangement of the double knit stitches produced by the invention.
• more than two stitches may be knit through at a time, in order to obtain a more tightly knit product.
• three stitches areworked through at a time, and one stitch is removed from the needle, and these steps are repeated with successive stitches, each stitch will have been worked through three times.
• double knit and double purl stitches are referred to above in connection with procedures of working through each stitch twice, a more general designation for stitches provided in accordance with the invention is multiple-knit, or multiple-purl, or more generally multiple-worked.
• the knitting method of the invention and the knitted product resulting therefrom afford numerous advantages in addition to those already mentioned.
• a wide variety of novel knitted patterns such as those described above and many others may be obtained by the disclosed knitting method.
• the stitches produced by the described procedure are such that a run in the article so knitted will not be caused even if a stitch is dropped. If a stitch is pulled, it will not cause the adjacent stitches to tighten, and when the pulled stitch is released, it will return to its original size and place. Patterns may be cut out of fabrics so knitted without unravelling of the knitted work.
• Buttonholes can be made by snipping the desired number of stitches and binding off the loops resulting from the removal of the snipped stitches;
• the knitted .work produced in accordance with the invention has a much firmer, closer knit with more stability and less stretch than conventionally knitted products.
• the knitter can use a much smaller yarn on larger needles than in usual knitting methods.
• the invention may also apply to the operation of knitting machines constructed and arranged to carry out the method of the invention and produce the knitted products resulting therefrom.
• a first needle which comprises placing a yarn loop on the needle, working a stitch on said loop with a second needle, transferring the thus worked stitch to said first needle, workinga stitch through both stitches on the latter needle, and repeating the last two steps until a predetermined number of stitches are caston said first needle.
• a method of knitting comprising casting-on stitches on a first needle as defined in claim 1, and thereafter providing at least one row of multipleworked stitches by working each stitch on said first needle with said second needle a plurality of times and removing at least one of the thus worked stitches from said first needle.
• a method of knitting comprising casting-on a row of stitches on a first needle as defined in claim 1, thereafter knitting a plurlity of rows, and binding-off the last of said rows.
• binding-off step comprises forming a plurality of multipleworked stitches, passing one of said stitches over adjacent ones of said stitches, and repeating said last two steps.
• binding-off step comprises forming a plurality of multiple-worked stitches, passing one of said stitches over adjacent ones of said stitches, and repeating said last two steps.

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