Method for Knitting Manufactured Articles With High-Fineness Circular Knitting Machines

Abstract

A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines, particularly high-fineness circular knitting machines, which consists in that at least once during the formation of the manufactured article the number of active needles is reduced by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles to contiguous needles and thus excluding from knitting the needles that have transferred the loop of knitting during the formation of at least one subsequent row of knitting by the other needles that are kept active. This provides a manufactured article which has regions knitted with a certain number of needles and regions knitted with a smaller number of needles, obtaining particular transparency or shaping effects on the manufacture.

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       5 . A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines, particularly with high-fineness circular knitting machines, wherein at least once during the formation of the manufactured article, the number of active cylinder needles is reduced by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain cylinder needles to contiguous cylinder needles and thus excluding from knitting said certain cylinder needles during the formation of at least one subsequent row of knitting by the cylinder needles that are kept active. 
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein during at least one successive step of knitting, at least part of the needles previously excluded from knitting are returned to work. 
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the needles excluded from knitting are uniformly spaced from each other. 
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 5 , performed on circular knitting machines having a fineness substantially ranging from 16 to 50 needles per inch.