US2626516A - Method of knitting - Google Patents

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Jan. 27, 1953 I. H. c. GREEN METHOD OF KNITTING Filed Feb. 27, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 27, 1953 c, GREEN 2,626,516

ME F KNITTI c Patented Jan. 21", 1953 METHOD OF KNITTING Isaac H: G. Green, Pawtucket, It; I assignor: to

Hemphill Company; Pawtucket, Rh. I., v incorporrationofyMassachusetts Applicatlon-Fbruary-ZZ, 1951', Ser-laPNo; 212,990

(Cl. Stir-2.01),

"I Claims.

This. invention relates to; a method" of knitting.v

plain hosiery fabric which is: ornamented-by narrow: lines of? contrasting color composed; of loops which area knitted intothe fabric: and: are not.

superposed. thereon, In theadrawing Fig; 1 illustrates: the conventional, solid color: patterned" stocking; off: the so-calledargyle typetier;- oi? one diamond represented by the broken.

linegrectanglei in Fig.1 and Fig 3: is a-oor-responwing diagrammatic, illustration of: a differentv sort.

The manner. is which: the section referred: to

off such a, stocking is; knitis. as follows. Referring to-Fig. 2,;it; willi be: assumed that; course Zais knitv from right to leit of a. body yarn with the exception of wales; 8, and. 3: acrosswhich: it: isafloated. 'Iihereafter; other yarns of contrasting: color are knitted, into. wales; 8 and, a respectively; All or: these bodyyarn. and other yam loops; are knitted". through the; corresponding; loops-z oil" a; previous; course, such 8.511.

Course 3 is assumed to; be, knit. from left: to right, This; is doneby first: knitting the other. yarns of: contrasting: color; in Wales: to and iii" respectively and then: completing; the course by knitting the bod-y yarn; in all other: wales and floating it: across; wales 1c and H Course- 4' is: knit. from: right to left in the same:

manner asoourseit, therbody yarn being knit into; all. wales; withthe: exception of I12" and t3: across which it; isfloated and. the; other yarns. otf conwasting colon being then knitted into. Wales 121' Ii; respectively to. complete, the. course. G'rmrse; 5 is} knitted? irra v similar manner to course 3, the knittingbeing from left toright and thcaotheeyams ofi contrasting color being knitted imp; wales 41 and: iii"? respectively before: the body;

yarn. is knitted. into; alli other: wales: Here also the bodyyarna is floated: acrqsslthe wales in v which. thepthen-yamaisknittedi 't'l'iamannerand; directionyofi: knitting course 8:.

corresponds to that of? courses"? 2- and? land the;

of? knitting: course i ctr-responds to that. 015: courses; 3? and 5.: with theexception that the wales; or? the other" yarns of contrasting, color are oflsctzineach-course aabetoret Course It is; knit in the same manneras' the other even numbered coursesdescribed belowbut: in this instance the yarns of constrastmgcolorc-rosseachother-in wale- I1; Consequently;

they wiliibothbe knitainto' thiawale; I fthe-cross ing. yarns,- are of the? sam'ecolor, no problem arises but if: they are of. difierent colors, one, or the other will appear upon the surface of the fabric and; impair-the symmetry of thepattern. Therefore; if" desired, course l6; may be knit throughout of the body yam and v this: of course is true when the. crossing; yarns? are: of the-:- same color. Thereafter, the knitting may continue, the twocourse cycles; described below being repeated as longgas desired.

mliig, 1', the-solid diamondsriandihalfz diamonds are: contained within; the-heavy lines, [8. i9, 2.0 and, 21;. Each. of; these may? be: or anydesired? Q0101; monds by'true sutures. The-overplaid formedby yarns of contrasting color isrepresented by the narrow lines, such as 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 21. Such a stocking may be knitted upon. a machine of the type disclosed and claimed in Patent #2,217-,022. As described in that patent and as well known, this: machine knits the pattern area in the reciprocatory manner and knits two opposite. vertical rows: ofdiamonds and half diamonds at themai-n cam block and the other two rows/ 0f diamonds at the auxiliary cam block. At each stroke of the machinea complete courseis. knitted including that part of every diamond which appears; in that course, the various sections of the various diamonds being. connected together by true-sutures.

The over-plaid may be; included by knitting in. the, manner which-has been-described. for a small. section of fabric. so as, to, include the entire patterned areaias shown in Fig 1,,eaohco11rse, ineluding, the overplaid' loops, being knitted completeat onestroke v of the machine.

To accomplishithisp after the knitting} of a courseof" a, diamond is completed at the main; cam block, the"- overplaid needles for this course are selected, receive the respective overplaid yarnsand knit;- at the auxiliaryside. As already explained} there: areno body yarnloops in the-- overplaid wales. When: the direction of knitting reversed; eachof" the overplaid needles again receives its: yarn. andknits' atthe: auxiliary." cam blocka. After-this? the-needles, which knit the dia mond knit at the main cam. block and complete the courseasidescribed. 1

At the sametime, the opposite setxof diamondsi'sbei'ngknit-also at-the main camblock and may: alsobeprovided' withan over-plaid: in the same way,.the only difference being that the two'course sequence described is reversed, Thatis to say, where any course" of one diamondknitted at:

Each is connected to contiguous diawhich, with the sets just described, make up the patterned area of the stocking, are knit course by course at the same time as the other diamonds but the diamonds proper are all knit at the auxiliary side and the overplaid is knit at the main side. In other words, the location'of knitting is reversed. Also, the sequence of knitting is reversed in that when a diamond of the set first described is being knit at, say, the main cam block followed by the knitting of the overplaid v at the auxiliary cam block, the diamond of the other adjacent set is being knit by first knitting the overplaid at the main cam block and then the diamonds proper at the auxiliary cam block. In the next course, this sequence is reversed and SO on.

The opposite diamonds, which are also knit at the auxiliary cam block, are also provided with an overplaid in the same way, the only difference in knitting being'that the two course sequence described is reversed.

Although a body yarn has been referred to, it will be understood, of course, that this yarn may be changed as often as desired to produce different colored diamonds or for any other purpose;

It also will be understood that the overplaid yarns which combine to produce the overplaid effect may be of the same colorand character or of different character and color.

Although the overplaid described above consists of diagonal lines composed of single loops in each course, broader stripes may be obtained by knitting two or more consecutive loops of the overplaid yarns in each instance and offsetting them both in the manner described above by one or two wales. In such a case, the body yarn would be floated across the two or more wales in which the overplaid appears. This illustrates one variation of which there are many. Also, the overplaid is by no means limited to the pattern disclosed and described but is subject to many variations both in character and in direction.

Reference herein to a course of knitting does not necessarily refer to a complete course as in a circular knit stocking, for example, but to any part of the fabric such as that contained within the broken line rectangle in Fig. 1 and, of course, the invention is not limited to the production of hosiery but-is applicable to any knittedfabric for any purpose produced by hand or by any type of machinev capable of making it.

I claim:

- 1. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular-knitting machine which consists of knitting a pattern of a body yarn on one side of the leg of a stocking and simultaneously knitting an overplaid pattern on the other side and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine, knitting an overplaid pattern into the body yarn pattern first mentioned and knitting a body yarn pattern around the overplaid pattern first mentioned and then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting an overplaid pattern on the side first mentioned simultaneously knitting a body yarn pattern on the other side and then knitting a body yarn pattern around said overplaid pattern and then knitting an overplaid pattern into said last mentioned body yarn pattern and thereafter repeating this two course sequence as many times as desired.

2. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine which consists of knitting a, pattern of a body yarn in one portion of the leg of a'stocking and simultaneously knitting and overplaid pattern in another portion and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine, knitting an overplaid pattern into th body yarn pattern first mentioned and knittin a body yarn pattern around the overplaid pattern first mentioned and then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting an overplaid pattern on the side first mentioned simultaneously knitting a body yarn pattern on the other sid and then knitting a body yarn pattern around said overplaid pattern and then knitting an overplaid pattern into said last mentioned body yarn pattern and thereafter repeating this two course sequence as many times as desired.

3. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machinewhich consists of knitting a pattern of a body yarn in one portion of a knitted fabric andsimultaneously knitting an overplaid pattern in another portion of said fabric and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine, knitting an overplaid pattern into the body yarn pattern first mentioned and knitting a body yarn pattern around the overplaid pattern first mentioned and then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting an overplaid pattern on the side first mentioned simultaneously knitting-abody yarn pattern on the other" sideand then knitting a body yarn pattern around said overplaid pattern and then knitting an overplaid pattern into said last mentioned body yarn pat-' tern and thereafter repeating this two course sequence as many times as desired. Y

4. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine, comprising the steps of knitting with a body yarn in one portion of an article being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted, knitting with a pattern yarn in another portion of the article, and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said portion, while knitting a body yarn in the said other portion on either side of the pattern yarn first mentioned, then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting with a body yarn in the said other portion, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of the machine knitting a body yarn on either side of said last-mentioned pattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting a pattern yarn in the said other portion, and thereafter repeating this sequence as many times as desired.

5. A-method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knittingmachine, comprising the steps of'knitting with a body yarn on one side of the leg of a stocking being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted. knitting with a' pattern yarnon the other side of the stocking leg, and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said side, while knitting a body yarn in the said other portion around the pattern yarn first mentioned, then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a pattern yarn on the first said side while knitting with a body yarn on the said other-side, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of themachine knitting a body yarn around said last-mentioned pattern yarn on the first said side while knitting a pattern yarn on the said other side, and thereafter repeating this sequence as many times as desired.

6. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine, comprising the steps of knitting with a body yarn in one portion of an article being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted, knitting with a pattern yarn in another portion of the article, and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said portion, while knitting a body yarn in th said other portion on either side of the pattern yarn first mentioned, then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting with a body yarn in the said other portion, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of the machine knitting a body yarn on either side of said last-mentioned pattern yarn in the first said portion while knitting a pattern yarn in the said other portion, and thereafter repeating this sequence as many times as desired, the body yarn being floated in each course across the Wale or wales in which the said pattern yarn is knitted.

7. A method of reciprocatory knitting for a circular knitting machine, comprising the steps 6 of knitting with a body yarn on one side of the leg of a stocking being knitted, and while said body yarn is being knitted, knitting with a pattern yarn on the other side of the stocking leg, and thereafter on the same stroke of the machine knitting with a pattern yarn in the first said side, while knitting a body yarn in the said other portion around the pattern yarn first mentioned, then reversing the direction of knitting and then knitting with a pattern yarn on the first said side while knitting with a body yarn on the said other side, and thereafter on the same reverse stroke of the machine knitting a body yarn around said last-mentioned pattern yarn on the first said side while knitting a pattern yarn on the said other side, and thereafter repeating this sequence as many times as desired, the body yarn being floated in each course across the wale or wales in which the said pattern yarn is knitted.

ISAAC H. C. GREEN.

REFERENCES CITED FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Mar. 28, 1929 Number

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