Types of knitting Loop
Knit Stitch Formation
The various steps of the stitch formation for the manufacturing of rib knitted cloth are shown in
Picture 1.
The following description refers to the work carried out by a single needle, however, the
carriage activates the needles of both needle-beds. |
A. The needles are in the knock-over position; the loop threads are inside the hook and the
latches are closed.
B. The carriage moves forward and the cam touches the needle butt. The forward motion of the cam with the tucking cam completely out, forces the needle to move upward; the thread inside the hook opens the latch. Once the needle has reached the tucking plane, the latch is completely open and the loop is laid on it.
C. The forward motion of the carriage makes the needle move upward again, since the looping
cam of the cam is completely out. The needle reaches the maximum height on the looping plane and the stitch is transferred from the open latch to the needle stem. This sudden motion can cause a backstroke, that is a reaction of the latch, which could accidentally close with a possible unsuccessful feeding of the new thread and a consequent knock-over failure. This would lead to the formation of a hole or the starting of a run in the fabric. In order to avoid this, the brushes ensure that the latch opens.
D. Once the maximum height has been reached, the needle is lowered, driven by the lowering
cam; after reaching the tucking plane, the thread guide starts working, feeding the thread;
the loop rises slightly on the stem and enters the space between the stem and the open latch.
E. The needle continues its downward stroke; the loop touches the latch and makes it rotate
and close.
F. The needle reaches the bottom, i.e. the knock-over plane; the previous stitch, after closing
completely the latch, knocks over on the new thread, forcing it to take up the typical
curvilinear shape.
Tuck Stitch Formation
Two consecutive strokes of the carriage are necessary to form the tuck stitch (picture 2). |
During the first stroke, the tucking cam of the cam is out and the looping cam is not working.
Therefore the needle only raises as high as the tucking plane; the loop cannot slip on the stem,
and therefore remains inside the hook after having completely opened the latch, in this way
allowing the yarn to be fed.
During the second stroke both the tucking cam and the looping cam are activated; the needle
rises up to the maximum height allowing the loop and the yarn to travel along the stem.
Thereafter, the needle is fed with the thread for the second time; the loop and the first yarn close
the latch and knock over on the new yarn.
The first yarn does not knock over as a knit stitch but takes a particular position, and fixes on
top of the previous knit stitch and at the bottom of the new one, creating a particular effect on
the fabric, called tuck stitch (picture 3).
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Picture 3 – Tuck-stitch effect on a single jersey fabric |
Miss Stitch Formation
High-butt and low-butt needles are also needed for the formation of the miss stitch (picture 4).
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Picture 4 – Miss Stitch formation |
During the downward stroke, the needles which have raised till their maximum height and have transferred the loops on the stem, are fed with a new thread. With the successive downward stroke the latches are closed and the loops is knocked over on the new thread.
The stitches are bound together by longer interloops while the stitch of the non-knitting needle,
which can be only knocked over on the next stitch, shows a stretch effect (picture 5).
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Picture 5 - Miss-stitch and stretch effect on a single jersey fabric |
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