US2588718A - Method of knitting - Google Patents

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March 411, 1952 1. H. c. GREEN '2,588,718

METHOD OF KNITTING Filed NOV. 17, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Patented Mar. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHUD GF KNI'ETING Application November 17, 1950, Serial No. 196,157

(Cl. (i6-201) 6 Claims.

This invention relates to a method of knitting plain hosiery fabric which is ornamented by diagonal lines of contrasting color composed of knitted loops Which are interknitted with adjacent loops and are not superimposed thereon.

Figures l and 2 of the drawing illustrate diagrammatically a section of knitted fabric having such a diagonal line.

Referring to the drawing, the iirst course i is assumed to have been knit from left to right. It is composed of a series of plain knitted loops of a body yarn of a single color. Course 2 is knit in the opposite direction, i. e., from right to left and is also composed of a series of similar loops of the same yarn knitted through the loops of the first course in every Wale with the exception of Wale 8 across which it is floated as shown at I4.

The knitting of the body yarn is now discontinued and a second yarn which will be called herein the overlay yarn is knitted from left to right into Wale 8 as shown at I5 by being knit through the loop of the corresponding Wale in course I. It is also knit from right to left through the body yarn loop I of course 2 as shown at I l.

The knitting of the overlay yarn is now stopped and course 3 is completed by knitting the body yarn from left to right through all of the loops of course 2 including the loop I5 of the overlay yarn and with the exception that it is not knitted but floated past loop I'I of the overlay yarn as shown at I8. The direction of knitting is now reversed again and course 4 is knitted from right to left of the body yarn through all of the loops of course 3 with the exception of Wale il! across which it is floated as shown at I9. Changing yarns again to the overlay yarn and knitting from left to right, loop is knitted through loop 2i in the Wale IG of course 3 and reversing direction again loop 22 is also knitted through loop 23 of course 4. Then the yarn is changed again to the body yarn and course 5 is completed by knitting it from left to right through all of the loops of course 4 With the exception of the Wale occupied by overlay yarn loop 22 behind which it is iloated as at 24. The next course 6 is also knit of the body yarn but from right to left through all of the loops of course 5 with the exception of Wale I2 across Which it is floated. body yarn is discontinued and the overlay yarn is knitted into Wale I2 of course 5 as shown at 25. Also, it is knitted into Wale I3 through body yarn loop 2S of course 6. This loop will be ineluded in course l when this sequence is re- Then the knitting of the vlay yarn loops in each instance.

peated as required to obtain the desired length ,of diagonal stripe or line formed by the overlay yarn.

Also, as will be obvious, the overlay stripe i may be knitted in the opposite diagonal direction to form crosses, diamonds, angles or other decorative shapes and it may be utilized in the knitting of hosiery such, for example, as the Well known reciprocatorily knit solid color diamond or argyle stockings in which it may form a narrow stripe bisecting in eachdiagonal direction the usual combination of diamond patterns. On the other hand, it may be utilized to form other patterns within such diamonds.

Although the overlay stripe described above consists of `a single loop in each course offset from the corresponding loop of the preceding course by a single Wale, broader stripes may be obtained by knitting two or more consecutive loops ofthe overlay yarn in each instance and offsetting both of them in the manner described above. In such a case, the body yarn would, of course, be iioated behind the two or more over- Also, if desired, thefoftset may be of more than a single wale thus changing or varying the slope of the overlay stripe.

Reference herein to a course of knitting does not necessarily refer to a compelte course as in a circular knit stocking, for example, but to any part of a fabric.

Although this invention has been shown and described as consisting of plain knitted fabric knitted into each course of which is a single loop of another yarn, each of these loops being offset from the previous similar loops so that single course offsets are created, it will be understood that two course offsets can be produced by knitting two identical courses of the body yarn, each having a iioat in the same Wale or Wales, knitting into these wales the other or overlay yarn and then repeating the process with the exception that the float in each of the next two courses of the body yarn is offset from the corresponding iioat in each of the two preceding courses.

I claim:

l. A method of knitting which includes the steps of knitting two consecutive courses of a body yarn in each of which the yarn is iioated across a space equal to at least one wale and knitting an overlay into each floated Wale, the overlay yarn in one course being knitted subsequently to the formation of the oat and, in

3 the other course, being knitted prior to the formation of the float.

2. A method of knitting which includes the steps of knitting two consecutive courses of a body yarn in each of which the yarn is oated across a space equal to at least one Wale and knitting an overlay into each iloated Wale, the overlay yarn in one course being knitted subsequently to the formation of the oat and, in the other course, being knitted prior to the formation of the float and being offset by at least one Wale in relation to the overlay knitted into said iirst mentioned course.

3. A method of knitting a design of a iirst yarn into a fabric of a second yarn which includes the steps of knitting, in a given course, a plurality of loops of said second yarn While floating said second yarn across Wale or Wales of said course in which said design of said first yarn is to be incorporated; knitting in said floated Wale or Wales loops of said first yarn; knitting, in a course next adjacent said given course, loops of said iirst yarn in a given Wale or Wales according to said design; and knitting, in said adjacent course, except in said given Wale or Wales, loops of said second yarn.

e. A method of knitting which includes the steps of knitting a partial course of consecutive loops of a body yarn iloating the yarn across a space equal to that required for one loop and then completing the course by knitting consecutive loops, changing yarns to an overlay yarn and knitting a loop through the corresponding loop of a preceding course in the Wale containing the oat, knitting another loop of the overlay yarn through the loop of the rst mentioned course adiacent to the Wale in Which a oat occurred, then knitting a complete course of a body yarn With the exception that this yarn is floated across the Wale in Which the overlay yarn was last knitted and repeating this sequence as desired, the overlay yarn loop being offset in each succeeding course by at least one Wale.

5. A method of knitting which includes the steps of knitting a partial course of consecutive ioops of a body yarn, oating the yarn across a space equal to that required for one loop and then completing the course by knitting consecutive loops, changing yarns to an overlay yarn and knitting a loop through the corresponding loop of a preceding course in the Wale containing the float, knitting another loop of the overlay yarn through the loop of the rst mentioned course offset by at least one Wale from that in which the iioat occurred, then knitting a complete course of the body yarn With the exception that thisyarn is floated across the Wale in which the ovei'lay yarn Was last knitted and repeating this sequence as desired, the overlay yarn loop being odset in each succeeding coure by at least one Wale.

6. A method of knitting which includes the steps of knitting a partial course of consecutive loops of a body yarn oating the yarn across a space equal to that required for one or more loops and then completing the course by knitting consecutive loops, changing yarns to an overlay yarn and knitting a loop through each of the corresponding loops of a preceding course in the Wale or Wales containing the oat, knitting the same number of loops of the overlay yarn through loops of the iirst mentioned course oiset to the extent of at least one loop from the Wale or Wales in which the iloat occurred, then knitting a complete course of the body yarn With the exception that this is floated across the Wale or Wales in Which the overlay yarn Was last knitted and repeating this sequence as desired, the overlay yarn loops being offset in each succeeding course by at least one Wale.

ISAAC H. C. GREEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,451,214 Green Oct. 12, 1948

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