Abstract: In a joining portion of a body and a sleeve of a pullover, only a front body is knitted, stitches of a front part of sleeve are transferred to the front body for joining the front body and the sleeve, and stitches of a back part of sleeve are shifted to the front part. In the back body, knitting of a whole width of the back body and knitting only a side edge are executed, during these operations stitches at the side edge are shifted inward, and an outer most stitch of the front body is shifted to the side edge of the back body.

Abstract: Needle beds are provided with needles, needle jacks and select jacks and selectors, and the selectors are provided with three butts. The front butt is made to contact the reference plane of the carriage to serve as the fulcrum of rocking. The second butt is used to withdraw the selector, and the tail butt is used to advance the selector. Two pressing cams of the carriage press the tail butt to make the selector to be attracted by a permanent magnet. Two raising cams of the carriage advance the selector to the H position and the A position.

Abstract: Needle beds are provided with needles, needle jacks and select jacks and selectors, and the selectors are provided with three butts. The front butt is made to contact the reference plane of the carriage to serve as the fulcrum of rocking. The second butt is used to withdraw the selector, and the tail butt is used to advance the selector. Two pressing cams of the carriage press the tail butt to make the selector to be attracted by a permanent magnet. Two raising cams of the carriage advance the selector to the H position and the A position.

Abstract: A raw yarn 4 is dyed to a desired color by an ink jet dyeing machine 6, knitted to have a desired texture by a lily yarn machine 10, and fed into a flat knitting machine 20. The height of the needle tips of the lily yarn machine 10 can be changed so that the texture of lily yarn can be modified.

Abstract: The design data of a front body and front portions of both sleeves are stored, with being separated into three kinds of data of profiles, the kinds of stitches, and patterns, such as intarsia and jacquard. Similarly, a back body and back portions of both sleeves are stored, with being separated into three kinds of design data of profiles, the kinds of stitches, and patterns, such as intarsia and jacquard. The stored design data may be displayed in a singular form, such as the front body only, and in a synthesized form, such as the front body and the front portions of the sleeves. Similarly, the front body and the back body may be synthetically displayed.

Abstract: Design data of a knitted product are divided into plural layers, layer numbers are given to the layers, and the layers are stored. The default value of a layer number is the number of the latest layer plus 1, and the layer numbers can be modified. It is made possible to unite or group plural layers into a group, and a layer number is given to the group. It is also made possible to cancel grouping.

Abstract: A tubular knitted fabric is broadened while fully preventing generation of open gap. Yarn is hooked on a needle of a second needle bed and twisted to form a loop, and this loop is transferred onto a first needle bed to become a broadening loop. A subsequent stitch is formed on the broadening loop and transferred back to the second needle bed. Yarn is hooked again on a needle of the second needle bed and twisted to form a loop, and this loop is transferred to the first needle bed to become a broadening loop.

Abstract: Needle beds are provided with needles, needle jacks and select jacks and selectors, and the selectors are provided with three butts. The front butt is made to contact the reference plane of the carriage to serve as the fulcrum of rocking. The second butt is used to withdraw the selector, and the tail butt is used to advance the selector. Two pressing cams of the carriage press the tail butt to make the selector to be attracted by a permanent magnet. Two raising cams of the carriage advance the selector to the H position and the A position.

Abstract: An apparel system includes a lily yarn machine for knitting lily yarns, and a flat knitting machine having at least two needle beds for knitting according to knitting data. A controller is connected to the lily yarn machine and the flat knitting machine for controlling the lily yarn machine to produce a lily yarn in a quantity which is required by the flat knitting machine according to the knitting data for the flat knitting machine.

Abstract: A binding off method for binding off stitches of at least two fabrics which form a tube requires a plurality of steps. A first step is providing a flat knitting machine with a first needle bed and a second needle bed, with each needle bed having a plurality of needles, and being slidable relative to each other. The needle beds are configured to hold stitches, with the stitches being transferable between the first and second needle bed. A second step is knitting a first knit fabric and a second knit fabric, with the first knit fabric corresponding to the first needle bed and the second knit fabric corresponding to the second needle bed. The first and second knit fabrics are configured to face each other on the first and second needle beds.

Abstract: A delete mark is displayed at the start end of a directional vector, and a finish mark at the other end thereof. The vector is deleted when the delete mark is touched, and input of the vector is completed when the finish mark is touched.

Abstract: Empty-needle-knitting is made on an empty needle D, then a yarn feeder 2 is reversed to change the direction of the yarn, and the stitch is transferred to the opposing bed to form a loop. A knit stitch is formed on the formed loop, and the loop is knocked over to form a knot. The knot is made to overlap with a stitch of the knitted fabric, and in a subsequent course, the knot is held to the knitted fabric.

Abstract: In a flat knitting machine wherein a plurality of knitting locks work on a single needle bed to knit, the consumption of each yarn is measured and compared with the standard yarn length, and the stitch cam adjustment values of the respective knitting locks are corrected. The stitch cam adjustment data is stored for the respective combinations of stitch cams and yarns. Correction is not limited to the stitch cam which knitted the yarn of which consumption was measured. Correction by the same value is also given to the stitch cam adjustment values of other stitch cams relative to the yarn. As a result, for any combination of a stitch cam and a yarn which appears suddenly in the latter half of knitting, the stitch cam adjustment values have been corrected on the basis of the measurement of consumed yarn lengths of other stitch cams, generating no knitting gaps.

Abstract: A carrier of a flat knitting machine is configured to make a preparatory run in synchronization with a carriage, then the carrier is caught by a pin of the carriage. During this catching, the servo motor of the carrier side is driven to generate a constant torque in the direction for braking a carriage.

Abstract: A front fabric 20 is transferred to the opposing needle bed to reverse the order of stitches sidewise. Next, the back fabric 21 is transferred to the opposing needle bed without altering the order of stitches. Then the front fabric 20 is transferred with the order of stitches reversed again. As a result, the curls of the front fabric 20 and the back fabric 21 appear on the outer side, and the binding-off is made under this condition. A first collar and a second collar are formed on the circumference of a neck hole of the front body, and then a back collar of which wale directions are continuous to those of the collars is formed on the back body.

Abstract: Each design data of intarsia, jacquard, and structural stitches is separately stored and independently processed. Each design data is stored in an internal data format where one pixel is allocated to each loop and is compensated for the aspect ratio of loops by affine transformation before being displayed on a monitor. Similarly input coordinates from a stylus are inputted in a coordinate system corresponding to the internal data format and then converted into monitor address with coordinate affine transformation.

Abstract: A break in twice as many yarns is made detectable merely by slightly modifying the tension switch assembly of a knitting machine. A yarn conductor 20 is rotatably attached to the forward end of an arm 16 of the assembly and provided with a pair of yarn supports 26, 27 on opposite sides of a rotational pin 19. Upon a break occurring in the yarn 2 retained on one of the yarns supports 26, 27, torques exerted by the yarns 2, 2 on the respective supports 26, 27 are brought out of balance to rotate the yarn conductor 20 and release the remaining other yarn 2 from the support 27.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rib knitting method for use with a flat knitting machine having at least one pair of front and back needle beds and a yarn feeder, and more particularly to improvements in the aesthetic appearance and durability of the side border of a rib stitch knitted parts or fabric. Using the needles [(A-H)], (a-h)] on a front-back pair of needle beds [(1), (2),]. A rib stitch knitting is carried out with no yarn feeding to the outermost needle [(I)], then the yarn is fed to needle [(I)] with the yarn feeder [(3)] being reversed, and the yarn feeder [(3)] is again reversed. The yarn feeder [(3)] is reversed once more for yarn to be fed to the needles [(A-I), (a-h)] in order.

Abstract: Different kinds of texture samples smaller than the knitted fabric to be produced are knitted with different loop lengths and finished. The loop length and loop density for the fabric are determined from the sample having an optimum texture. The density obtained is applies to pattern data as to the fabric to determine wale and course numbers, and the fabric is knitted with the determined loop length and finished.