KNITTING TECHNOLOGY

Needles
Needles are considered as the heart of the
knitting machine.
Types
Spring beard needle
Latch needle
Compound needle
Spring beard needle Latch needle Compound needle
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Weft Knit
Course
Wales
Course: horizontal row of successive
loops.
Wale: Vertical row of loops produced by
the individual needle
Gauge: it expresses the no of needles /
inch)
Stitch length: Length of yarn required to
form a single loop.
Knitting terminologies
Weft knitting

Types
Single Jersey
Rib
Interlock
Single Jersey:

This structure is produced by using one
set of needles placed in the needle bed.
It is done by drawing all the loops towards
the technical face side
Single jersey
Face side
Back side single jersey
Single Jersey: properties

Simplest form of knitted structure
V shaped loop on face side Semi circular
loops at backside
Widthwise extensibility
Non reversible
If the single loop gets breaks, they tend to
run or ladder

Rib

This structure is produced by using Two
set of needles ( arrangement of needles
side by side).
Cylinder needle
Dial needle
It is done by drawing the loops towards the
technical face side and backside
alternatively
1x1 Rib
2x1 Rib
2x2 Rib
Rib knits-Properties
Face & back side having the same
appearance (reversible)
Used for collar, cuff and neck line
More elastic than the single jersey
Looks alternate vertical cords and thin
ridges ( 1x1 Rib,2x2 Rib)
Interlock

This structure is produced by using Two
set of needles placed opposite to each
other.
Cylinder needle
Dial needle
It is done by drawing the loops towards the
technical face side at front and backside
RIB
Interlock
Interlock -properties

It looks with the V shaped structure at both
front and back
It is called double jersey
Thicker fabric
Having less elongation than single jersey
than & Rib


Purl knit structure
The appearance of the Purl knit fabric
( both technical face & technical back)
resemble the backside of the single jersey
( semi circular effect).
Because of heavy structure, the edges will
not curl. It improves the sew ability.
Expensive than other structure.
Purl structure
Float or miss stitch
If the needle is not raised by the clearing cam, the
needle does not receive the new yarn and the goes
back side of the needle forms miss stitch
Tuck stitch
Here, the needle is raised partially by the clearing cam, so the old
loop is not cleared by the latch and also the feeder feeds the new
yarn in to the hook. In this condition the loop consists of two yarn.

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