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Magic Loop Knitting, Knitting Loop Structure, Course knitting Stitches, Knitting in Wales, Embroidery digitizing Stitch Density, Fabric Draw-off

1. Knitted Loop Structure:

The properties of a knitted structure are largely determined by the interdependence of each stitch to its neighbors on either side and above and below it. Magic Loop Knitting are arranged in rows and column termed Knitting courses and Wales respectively.

2. Course:

A course is predominantly horizontal row of needle loops produced y adjacent needles during the same knitting cycle.

3. Wales:

A wale is a predominantly vertical column of intermeshed needle loops produced by the same needle knitting at successive knitting cycle. A wale commences as soon as an empty needle starts to knit.

4. Stitch Density:

The term stitch density is frequently used in knitting instead of linear measurements of Courses and Wales; it is the total no. of needle loops in a given area such as a square inch or three square centimeters.

5. Fabric Draw-off:

Fabric are always drawn from the needles on the side remote from their hooks, when two sets of needles are used, the fabric is drawn away in the gap between the two sets.

How to feed Yarn/Thread easily into Knitting Needle?

Yarn feeding into knitting machine’s needle involves either-

1. Moving the yarn past the needle.
2. Moving the needle past the stationary yarn feeding system.
1. When the yarn moves past the needle, the fabric will be stationary because the loops hang from the needles. This arrangement exists on all warps knitting machine and on weft knitting machines with straight beds and circular machines with stationary cylinders and dials.
2. Most circular weft knitting machine have revolving needle cylinders and stationary cams, feeders, and yarn packages. In this case, the fabric tube must revolve with the needles.

Compound Needle | Features & Uses of Compound Knitting Needle

Compound Needle is used on most complex knitting:

Compound Needle consists of two separately controlled parts; these are- the open hook and the sliding closing element (tongue, latch, piston, and plunger). The two parts rise and fall as a single unit but at the top of the rise, the hook moves faster to open the hooks and at the start of the fall the hook descends faster to close the hook. It is easier to drive the hooks and tongues collectively form two separate bars as in warp knitting; than to move each hook and tongue individually as in weft knitting.

Two types of compound needle have been employed in warp knitting machines:

1. The tubular pipe needle has its tongue sliding inside the tube of the open hook.
2. The open stem “Pusher type” or slide needle has a closing wire or tongue that slides externally along a groove on the edge of the flat hook member.

Latch Needle | Characteristics & Uses of Latch Needle

Latch Needle is mostly used needle in the knitting industry today:

Latch Needle Characteristics:
1. Most widely used in weft knitting.
2. More expensive needle than the bearded needle.
3. Self acting or loop controlled.
4. Work at any angle.
5. Needle Depth determines the loop length.
6. Variation of the height of reciprocating produces knit, tuck or miss stitch.
Uses of Latch Needle: Latch needle are widely used in –
1. Double Cylinder Machine,
2. Flat Bar Machine,
3. Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine,
4. Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine.

What is Bearded Needle | Bearded Needle Parts & Features

Bearded Needle is most widely used in knitting: –

1. Stem: The stem of bearded needle around which the needle loop is formed.
2. The Head: In the head section of bearded needle, the stem is turned into a hook to draw the new loop through the old loop.
3. The Beard: The beard is the curved downwards continuation of the hook that s used to separate the trapped new loop inside from the old loop.
4. The Eye or Groove: The eye of groove cut in the stem to receive the pointed tip of the beard when it is pressed.
5. The shank: The shank of bearded needle may be bent for the individual location in the machine or cast with others in a metal lead.

Mechanical Terms of Textile Knitting | Sinker, Jack, Engineering Cam, Knitting Cam

The Sinker of Knitting:

The sinker is the second primary knitting element. It is a thin metal plated with an individual or collective action. It may perform the following functions:-
1. Loop Formation
2. Holding Down
3. Knocking Over.

The Jack of Knitting:

The jack is a secondary weft knitting elements, which may be used to provide versatility of latch needle selection and movement. It is placed below and in the same tricks as the needle and has its own operating butt and ca system. The needle may thus be controlled directly by its butt and cam system or indirectly by the movement of he jack.

Textile Cams:

Cams are the device which converts the rotary machine drive into a suitable reciprocating action for the needles and other elements. Cams are of two types:-
a) Engineering Cam.
b) Knitting Cam.

Engineering Cam:

It is a circular engineering cam. The drive is transmitted and adapted via can followers, levers, pivots and rocker shaft. One complete 360˚ revolution of the drive shaft is equivalent to one knitting cycle.
In warp knitting, four types of cam drive have been employed:-
1. Single acting cams
2. Cam and counter cams
3. Box/ Enclosed cams
4. Counter cams.
Knitting Cam: The angular knitting cam acts directly onto the butts of needles or other elements to produce individual or serial movement in the tricks of latch needle of weft knitting m/c. Two arrangements are exist there:
1. Revolving Cylinder M/cs: The needle butt pass through the stationary cam system and the fabric hanging from the needles revolves with them.
2. Reciprocating Cam carriage flat M/cs: The cams with the yarn feed pass across stationary needle beds.

Design Cams of Weft Knitting Machine

There are three types of design cams are used in weft knitting machine:
a) Knit Cam
b) Tuck Cam
c) Miss Cam

Knitting Needles | Fundamental Element of Knitting

The fundamental element in construction of knitted fabrics is the knitting needles. During yarn feeding, the hook is opened to release the retained old loop and to receive the new loop which is then enclosed in the hook. The new loop is then drawn by the hook through the old loop which slides on the outside of the bridge of the enclosed hook. All needles must therefore have same method of closing the Knitting needle hook to retain the new loop and exclude the old loop.

Types of Knitting Needles:

There are three types of Needle. These are:-
1. Latch Needle
2. Bearded Needle
3. Compound Needle.

How To Do Mechanical Knitting | Sinker, Jack, Engineering Cam, Knitting Cam

What type of element is used on mechanical knitting? Have you faced such of question? Here I will tell you about the knitting elements by which the mechanical knitting is carried out.

The Sinker:

The sinker is the second primary knitting element. It is a thin metal plated with an individual or collective action. It may perform the following functions:-

1. Loop Formation
2. Holding Down
3. Knocking Over.

The Jack:

The jack is a secondary weft knitting elements, which may be used to provide versatility of latch needle selection and movement. It is placed below and in the same tricks as the needle and has its own operating butt and ca system. The needle may thus be controlled directly by its butt and cam system or indirectly by the movement of he jack.

Knitting Cams:

Cams are the device which converts the rotary machine drive into a suitable reciprocating action for the needles and other elements. Cams are of two types:-

a) Engineering Cam.

b) Knitting Cam.

Engineering Cam in Knitting:

It is a circular engineering cam. The drive is transmitted and adapted via can followers, levers, pivots and rocker shaft. One complete 360˚ revolution of the drive shaft is equivalent to one knitting cycle.

In warp knitting, four types of cam drive have been employed:-

1. Single acting cams
2. Cam and counter cams
3. Box/ Enclosed cams
4. Counter cams.

Knitting Cam:

The angular knitting cam acts directly onto the butts of needles or other elements to produce individual or serial movement in the tricks of latch needle of weft knitting m/c. Two arrangements are exist there:

1. Revolving Cylinder M/cs: The needle butt pass through the stationary cam system and the fabric hanging from the needles revolves with them.
2. Reciprocating Cam carriage flat M/cs: The cams with the yarn feed pass across stationary needle beds.

Design Cams of Weft Knitting Machine

There are three types of design cams are used in  weft knitting machine:

a) Knit Cam

b) Tuck Cam

c) Miss Cam