EP1887119A1 - Knitting method and knitting tool - Google Patents

Abstract

Threads are pushed, using knitting tools of one group, through penetrative openings (7) in knitting tools of the second group. This action pushes the threads through stitches held on knitting tools of the second group. Knitting tools in individual group(s), move synchronously. Knitting tools of both groups, move asynchronously with respect to each other, in each group. Threads forming a left-left knit, are introduced in alternation, into the knitting tool of one group and into the knitting tool of the other group. Threads forming a right-left knit or a left-right knit are introduced only into the knitting tool of one group. During knitting, a formed row of half stitches is transferred from knitting tools of one group onto those of the other group. The knitting tools are moved back and forth. Those of one group are moved in a direction differing from that in which those of the other group are moved. One group moves transversely across the other. Knitting tools of one group tilt, in addition to their linear movements. The knitting tool has a body (2) with two limbs symmetrical about a central plane, which each include a thread shoulder (10a, 10b). The limbs are curved and resilient. Together they form the penetrative opening between themselves. The shoulders interrupt the sides of the limbs. Thread guidance grooves (13a, 13b) are situated in the outer faces of the limbs. Limb tips (8a, 8b) touch. The edge opposite the shoulders is recessed (14). There is a thread guide inside each limb. An independent claim IS INCLUDED FOR the knitting tool.

Description

The invention relates to a tool for stitch formation in a knitting machine or a knitting machine and a method for producing knitted fabric.

For the production of knitwear e.g. On circular knitting machines, flat knitting machines or knitting machines, needles are in use, with a hook, which are associated with a closing element, for example in the form of a pivotally mounted tongue or a slider. Such knitting tools are technically demanding parts that require considerable manufacturing effort due to the precision requirements. In addition, soiling and wear can affect in particular the function of the moving parts.

In addition, mesh forming methods exist for Knitting tools on which no moving parts are provided. For example, the DE 12 41 030 a stitch forming method with two movably mounted parallel bars, on each of which hole needles are mounted. The perforated needles have thread openings in the form of an eyelet with a closed edge. Thus, the thread is permanently caught in the hole needle, which requires a special stitching technique.

Another problem is the production of left-to-left knitwear with conventional knitting or knitting machines. Left-and-left knitwear is knitwear in which left-hand rows of stitches optically dominate on both sides of the knit in the relaxed state. Left rows of stitches are courses in which the mesh feet lie in front of the mesh heads of the underlying row of stitches. On the other hand, right rows of stitches are rows of stitches in which the stitch heads of the row of stitches in question lie in front of the feet of the subsequent row of stitches.

On this basis, it is an object of the present invention to propose a stitch forming method that requires the use of simple robust knitting tools. Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to propose a method with which a left-and-left knitted fabric can be formed in a simple and highly productive manner. Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a corresponding knitting tool.

These objects are achieved by the method according to claim 1, as well as the knitting tool according to claim 10:

The inventive method is based on knitting tools having an open, preferably non-closable recess, for example in the form of a mesh support shoulder for receiving a thread of a mesh or a half-stitch and which serve to push or push the thread or the half-stitch through an already existing stitch picked up by a corresponding other knitting tool.

The knitting method according to the invention comes with knitting tools that have resilient parts or sections, but otherwise no moving parts. The susceptibility to wear and dirt is reduced and the production costs are reduced. In addition, the thread can be inserted into the unclosable recess of the knitting tools in a simple manner.

In the method according to the invention, the yarn inserted in a knitting tool is pushed through the stitch loop, which is held by an opposing tool. This tool can be formed as well as the considered knitting tool and is preferably oriented transversely to this.

Preferably, the method according to the invention is used for the production of left-to-left knitwear, which is characterized in that left and right rows of stitches alternate. The method according to the invention can be used in the knitting technique or in the knitting technique. In the active technique, the knitting tools divided into two groups are moved synchronously in groups. The knitting tools of a group are preferably arranged next to each other equidistantly. The knitting tools of one group are at an angle to the effect tools of the other group. With a stroke, the knitting tools held on a bar, for example, form a complete row of stitches.

In the knitting technique, the knitting tools are formed in at least one group, e.g. moved asynchronously in the manner of a longitudinally passing through the group shaft. The knitting tool according to the invention is suitable for both methods. As with the knitting technique, the knitting tools of one group stand at an angle to the knitting tools of the other group.

The presented process has higher productivity in the production of left-to-left knitwear than encountered in the prior art. For example, left-to-left knitwear is otherwise made on flat knitting machines with latch needles or slider needles. The knit fabric is transferred to the needle of the opposing needle bed after each course of stitches via a transfer process. During this transfer operation, it is not possible to form a loop with the knitting tools involved in the hanging process, which limits productivity. In the method according to the invention, however, two courses are formed at each cycle. Thus, a significant increase in productivity in the production of left-left knit fabric is brought about.

Further details of embodiments of the invention are the subject of the drawing, the description or claims.

• Fig. 1 den Arbeitsteil des Strickwerkzeugs, in perspektivischer vergrößerter Darstellung;
• Fig. 2 das Strickwerkzeug nach Fig. 1, in Seitenansicht;
• Fig. 3 eine Draufsicht auf (einen Teil des) Strickwerkzeugs nach Fig. 2;
• Fig. 4 das Strickwerkzeug nach Fig. 2, in einer ausschnittsweisen vergrößerten Darstellung;
• Fig. 5 das Strickwerkzeug nach Fig. 1 und 2, in einer ausschnittsweisen Draufsicht;
• Fig. 6 das erfindungsgemäße Strickwerkzeug, in einer abgewandelten Ausführungsform, in einer ausschnittsweisen Seitenansicht;
• Fig. 7 das Strickwerkzeug nach Fig. 6, in einer ausschnittsweisen Draufsicht;
• Fig. 8 Links-Links-Maschenware;
• Fig. 8a bis 8e den Ablauf der Maschenbildung mit den erfindungsgemäßen Strickwerkzeugen bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens zur Herstellung der Links-Links-Maschenware in schematischer Darstellung;
• Fig. 9 Rechts-Links-Maschenware;
• Fig. 9a bis 9e den Ablauf der Maschenbildung mit den erfindungsgemäßen Strickwerkzeugen bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens zur Herstellung von Rechts-Links-Maschenware;
• Fig. 10 Links-Rechts-Maschenware;
• Fig. 10a bis 10e den Ablauf der Maschenbildung mit den erfindungsgemäßen Strickwerkzeugen bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Strickverfahrens zur Herstellung der Links-Rechts-Maschenware;
• Fig. 11a bis 11h den Ablauf der Maschenbildung mit den erfindungsgemäßen Strickwerkzeugen bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens zur Herstellung von Rechts-Rechts-Maschenware bei der Bildung des linken Maschenstäbchens, und
• Fig. 12a bis 12h den Ablauf der Maschenbildung mit den erfindungsgemäßen Strickwerkzeugen bei der Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens zur Herstellung von Rechts-Rechts-Maschenware bei der Bildung des rechten Maschenstäbchens.

In the drawings, embodiments of the invention are illustrated. Show it:

• Figure 1 shows the working part of the knitting tool, in an enlarged perspective view.
• FIG. 2 shows the knitting tool according to FIG. 1, in side view; FIG.
• Fig. 3 is a plan view of (a part of) the knitting tool of Fig. 2;
• 4 shows the knitting tool according to FIG. 2, in a detail enlarged view;
• 5 shows the knitting tool according to FIGS. 1 and 2, in a partial plan view;
• 6 shows the knitting tool according to the invention, in a modified embodiment, in a partial side view;
• FIG. 7 shows the knitting tool according to FIG. 6, in a partial plan view; FIG.
• Fig. 8 left-left knitwear;
• 8a to 8e the course of stitch formation with the knitting tools according to the invention in carrying out the method according to the invention for producing the left-left knitwear in a schematic representation;
• Fig. 9 right-left knitwear;
• 9a to 9e the course of the stitch formation with the knitting tools according to the invention in carrying out the method according to the invention for the production of right-left knitwear;
• Fig. 10 left-right knitwear;
• 10a to 10e the course of the stitch formation with the knitting tools according to the invention in the implementation of knitting method according to the invention for producing the left-right knitwear;
• 11a to 11h the course of the stitch formation with the knitting tools according to the invention in carrying out the method according to the invention for the production of right-right knit fabric in the formation of the left wale, and
• 12a to 12h the course of the stitch formation with the knitting tools according to the invention in carrying out the method according to the invention for the production of right-right knit fabric in the formation of the right wale.

Fig. 1 illustrates a knitting tool 1 which, as shown in FIG. 2, an elongated, for example, formed from flat material body 2, which terminates at the bottom in a preferably straight narrow edge 3. On the opposite (upper) side of the body 2 also has an edge 4, from which a foot 5 projects away. The foot 5 serves to drive the knitting tool 1, for example by a lock of a knitting machine. It can serve in the present or a modified form, but also for fixing the knitting tool 1 on the bar of a knitting machine. The foot may be replaced by another coupling or fastening means.

At one end 6, the knitting tool 1 has the loop forming part separately illustrated in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 1 also makes it clear that the knitting tool 1 consists of two parts 1a, 1b which are preferably mirror-symmetrical and arranged. These are each formed as flat planar parts, which are initially bent away from each other at their ends and then bent back to each other to define a piercing opening 7. The parts 1a, 1b together form a tip 8 at their tips 8a, 8b. The tips 8a can resiliently abut one another or also delimit a slight gap with one another. The parts 1a, 1b may be separately manufactured loosely adjacent parts. They can also be connected to each other or formed as sections of one and the same part.

The knitting tool 1 has a recess 9 for receiving stitches. This recess 9 opens obliquely to the edge 4 or the edge 3 and is always open. There are no means for closing this recess 9 are provided. The open recess 9 is formed like a jaw and is in the direction of movement through a mesh support shoulder or thread support shoulder 10 limited. The mesh support shoulder 10 is approximately transverse to the edge 3 and 4. The recess 9 and the mesh support shoulder 10 as shown in FIG. 1 by corresponding recesses 9a, 9b and mesh support shoulders 10a, 10b and the edges 11a, 11b of the two parts 1a, 1b educated.

In that regard, the knitting tool 1 is described in its essential features. Optionally, it may have further details. This includes, for example, that the edges 3, 4 may be slightly rounded. In particular, the approximately funnel-shaped recess 9 can be formed corner and edgeless. Thus, the edge 4 goes over a curve in the recess 9, which ends rounded at the top 8. In addition, the edge limiting the recess 9 may be rounded in the transverse direction, so that a recorded thread does not touch a sharp edge. The two edges of the recess 9 limiting edges, namely on the one hand, the mesh support shoulder 10 and on the other hand, an edge 11, preferably close to each other at an acute angle. This opens in Fig. 2 obliquely rising from the edge 3 away. The opening direction is marked in FIG. 2 by an arrow 12.

A further advantageous but optional detail lies in a thread receiving groove 13, which extends from the mesh support shoulder 10 on the outside of the knitting tool 1. The part 1a has a thread receiving groove 13a, while a thread receiving groove 13b is provided in the part 1b. This thread receiving grooves allow the reduction of the distance between adjacent knitting tools 1 and thus the protection of the thread. They can, as shown, be formed as a straight, strip-shaped or as widening away from the yarn support shoulder 10 groove. In the exemplary embodiment, it extends parallel to the edge 3, but depending on the direction of the stitch hanging later on the knitting tool 1, it may also have another direction.

Furthermore, a further recess 14 (14a) interrupting the edge 3 can be provided, which is arranged obliquely below the recess 9. It allows the formation of very small mesh.

The thread take-up groove 13 is also helpful in the knitting operation to make room for a thread which is applied to the outside of the knitting tool during stitching when the knitting tool passes through the piercing opening 7 of another knitting tool. To facilitate this process, in the knitting tool 1, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7 by means of a knitting tool 1 ', 1a', a further thread receiving groove 15 (15a) may be provided on the inside of the piercing opening 7. This extends in the piercing direction. If the knitting tools assigned to one another are arranged at right angles to one another, the thread receiving groove 15, 15a is preferably oriented approximately at right angles to the edge 3. The thread receiving groove 15 may, as shown, be rounded or trapezoidal or flattened or otherwise formed.

The knitting tool 1 according to the invention can be formed in one, two or more parts. It may be formed as a stamped part, in which both parts 1a, 1b were formed by means of bending. If the knitting tool 1 is made of several parts, they can be detachably or non-detachably connected to each other. For this purpose, all suitable connection technologies can be used, such as gluing, welding, caulking, embossing, soldering, etc. It is also possible, the two parts 1a, 1b unconnected to arrange together in a channel of a tool carrier. Because the foot is formed at the same position of the parts 1a, 1b, they are reciprocated together in the longitudinal direction. Instead of the foot 5, any other coupling agent can be used.

FIGS. 8a to 8e schematically illustrate the course of stitch formation using knitting tools corresponding to the knitting tool 1. The knitting tools are divided into two groups A, B. Each group A, B each comprises a defined number of knitting tools of the same kind, which are moved synchronously or asynchronously in the manner of a continuous wave. To illustrate the activity of two cooperating knitting tools of groups A and B, serve in the following figures each knitting tools SA, SB, which correspond to the knitting tool 1. They are arranged in beds 16, 17 and are fixed by suitable means, for example a knitting lock forwards and backwards, i. each moved parallel to its edge 3. The directions of movement are, as shown in FIG. 8a, like the orientations of the knitting tools SA, SB, substantially perpendicular to each other. The bed 16 may, for example, illustrate the dial of a circular knitting machine while the bed 17 is e.g. can illustrate the knitting cylinder of a circular knitting machine.

The process of producing left-left knitted fabric as shown in FIG. 8 will be illustrated below. In the left-and-left knitwear, one left-hand row of stitches 19 and one right-hand row of stitches 18 follow each other. In the left course of stitches 19, the heads 22 are behind the loop legs 21 of the following row. In the right course of stitches 18, the heads 20 of the stitches are located in front of the legs of the subsequent course of stitches 19th

The knitting tools SA, SB are arranged in the middle of each other, i. they are in a common plane. The tip of each knitting tool SA, SB, can thus pierce each through the piercing opening 7 of the other knitting tool. The stitch formation is as follows:

It is assumed from Fig. 8a. The two legs of the knitting tool SA are pierced into the piercing opening 7 between the two legs of the knitting tool SB of the other group. The knitting tool SB carries a half-stitch 23 to which the fabric 24 hangs. This is subtracted between the two beds 16, 17. The knitting tool SA punctures a half stitch 25 received by its receiving space through the half stitch 23.

In the next step, as the transition to Fig. 8b shows, the knitting tool SB is retracted while the knitting tool SA remains expelled. As a result, the half stitch 23 is transferred to the knitting tool SA. The half-stitch 23 now lies on the shaft 2 of the knitting tool SA. Upon withdrawal of the knitting tool SB, the half-stitch 24, which was located on the shaft or body 2 of the knitting tool SB in FIG. 8 a, was cut off and formed into the loop 24. It forms a new stitch of a course.

In addition, thread 26 is inserted into the recess 9 of the knitting tool SB. This process is also called filament laying. The thread 26 is detected during the subsequent expulsion of the mesh element SB and pushed as a half-stitch 27 through the held by the knitting tool SA half-stitch 25. This is shown in FIG. 8c.

In the next step, shown in Fig. 8d, the knitting tool SA is retracted to the rear reversing position. In this case, the thread loop or half stitch 25 is placed over the thread loop or stitches 27 and the shaft 2 of the knitting tool SB. The half-stitch 23 previously lying around the shaft 2 of the knitting tool SA is cut off and forms a new stitch 23 of a row of stitches. This is the second course in the knitting cycle described. Thus, it is possible to form stitches of two consecutive courses in one movement cycle of the knitting tools SA, SB. A movement cycle in each case includes the expulsion and retraction of both knitting tools SA, SB. In other words, in a knitting system, two courses are created during a cycle of movement. It is a right and a left course.

Subsequently, the knitting tool SA is expelled again, the supplied yarn 29 being detected and, as shown in FIG. 8e, being cut through the half stitch 27 as a half stitch 30. Now the knitting tools SA, SB are again in the starting position according to FIG. 8a, with which the working cycle described can start anew.

It remains to be summarized that during a cycle of movement two courses are formed, in the case described a right course and a left course. There is no need for an additional needle lift for looping courses, as is the case with conventional flat knitting machines. In addition, there is no need for transfer of the stitch forming element (eg, a two hooked needle, also referred to as a "left hand needle") from one needle bed to the opposite needle bed, as in conventional double cylinder machines and left and left Flat knitting machines is the case.

In the above description, it has been assumed that either only the knitting tool SA or the knitting tool SB is respectively moved. To optimize the movement sequence of the knitting tools, it is also possible for the two knitting tools SA, SB involved in the stitch formation process to move simultaneously. It is possible that e.g. the knitting tool SA makes a movement in the expulsion direction while the knitting tool SB makes a movement in the withdrawal direction. They then move in opposite directions. By the simultaneous movement of both knitting tools, the duration of a movement sequence for stitch formation can be reduced, and in direct consequence, the productivity can be increased.

In Fig. 9 so-called. Right-left knitwear is illustrated. It consists of rows of stitches of a uniform type, so that on one side of the knitted fabric only right-hand rows of stitches and on the other knit-side only left-hand rows of stitches appear. The knitting process for producing such goods with the knitting tools according to the invention and the knitting method according to the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 9a to 9e. Unless otherwise stated, the previous statements apply accordingly.

Fig. 9a illustrates the starting position. The knitting tool SB is in the ejection position and holds the knit 24. The last formed half stitch 27 is located in the recess 9 of the knitting tool SB. The knitting tool SA is in its rear reversing position. The yarn 29 is presented. In the next step, as shown in FIG. 9b, the knitting tool SA is expelled, so that both knitting tools SA, SB in their Exiting position stand. The knitting tool SA has detected in its ejection movement the yarn 29 and formed by the knitting tool SB and held by this thread loop or half-stitch 27 through to a new thread loop 30. Then, as shown in Fig. 9c, the knitting tool SB is withdrawn and the half stitch 27 is transferred to the shaft 2 of the knitting tool SA which also holds the half stitch 30. Now, while the knitting tool SA, as shown in FIG. 9d, is withdrawn, the knitting tool SB is expelled again to take over the half-stitch 30. The knitting tool SA has then released the half-stitch 30 when it has reached its retracted position, as shown in FIG. 9e. It is again the state of Fig. 9a achieved, so that a new thread 29 'can be submitted.

Fig. 10 illustrates left-right knitwear. FIGS. 10a to 10e disclose how this knitwear is to be produced by the knitting tools according to the invention by the method according to the invention. The process starts in the state shown in FIG. 10a with the knitting tool SA and the knitting tool SB withdrawn. In this, the thread 26 is presented, while the knitting tool SA carries a half-stitch 28. In this step, the knit 24 is suspended. In the next step, the knitting tool SB is expelled and thus stung by the knitting tool SA and thus by the half-stitch or the thread loop 28, as shown in FIG. 10b. With the withdrawal of the knitting tool SA according to FIG. 10c, the half-stitch 28 is transferred to the shaft of the knitting tool SB and placed around the half stitch 27 formed from the thread 26. This half-stitch 27 is transferred to the knitting tool SA in the next step according to FIG. 10d, by being expelled and thus stung by the knitting tool SB and the half-stitch 27. The half-stitch 27 is formed by the recess 9 of the knitting tool SA taken while the knitting tool SB, as shown in Fig. 10e, is transferred to the retracted position, wherein the half-stitch 28 is cut off and formed into the stitch 24. Thus, the loop 27 hangs in the recess 9 of the knitting tool SA and the state of FIG. 10a is restored. The knitting cycle can start anew.

In the knitting method according to FIGS. 9 and 10, only one row of stitches is produced with each cycle. In that regard, there is no immediate productivity advantage. However, you can work with particularly simple and robust knitting tools. There are no hooks for forming a thread interior in the form of a recess 9 and no means for closing this thread receiving space provided. The knitting tools are simple and less susceptible to wear.

Figures 11a to 11h and 12a to 12h illustrate a stitch forming process for making a right-right knitted fabric with the stitch-forming tools according to the invention. The knitting tools perform a tilting motion in addition to their linear reciprocating motion. In this case, the yarn is alternately taken up and entangled at a point of insertion by a knitting tool SA of the upper and a knitting tool SB of the lower font. As a result, a left stitch and a right stitch are knitted alternately with the registered yarn. In the production of right-to-right knitwear, the processes according to FIGS. 11a to 11h and 12a to 12h are carried out alternately.

The process is briefly summarized as follows:

According to Fig. 11a, the knit hangs on the knitting tool SA. The knitting tool SB is presented with a thread that is picked up by the first returning (FIG. 11b) and then standing (FIG. 11c) knitting tool SB. With the knitting tool SA, the last half-stitch formed, as shown in FIG. 11c, is lifted by means of the knitting tool SB and placed on it (FIG. 11d). Subsequently, the knitting tool SA can be withdrawn, Fig. 11e, wherein it transfers the previously held half-stitch on the knitting tool SB. The new half-stitch formed by the knitting tool SB upon budding is taken over by the knitting tool SA, as illustrated in FIG. 11f, by being expelled again through the piercing space of the knitting tool SB while the knitting tool SB is withdrawn, with the knitting tool SB resting on the shaft 2 Half stitch is knocked off. Thus, the state 11h is finally restored via the intermediate state according to FIG. 11g, with which the knitting process can start anew.

The knitting process according to FIGS. 12a to 12h proceeds accordingly, the yarn not being presented in the lower knitting tool SB but in the horizontal knitting tool SA. Otherwise, the previous description with permutation of the knitting tools SA and SB applies.

The knitting method according to the invention is based on simple knitting tools without means for closing a thread receiving space, which is formed by a simple recess in the form of a mesh support shoulder. For mesh formation is used in the simplest case, a simple reciprocating motion of two mutually associated knitting tools, which may be arranged approximately at right angles to each other and alternately through each other can be stung through. The recorded thread is thus pushed by the respective other knitting tool worn half-stitch.

The knitting process is based on simple, robust, low-wear tools. Moreover, in the production of left-to-left knitwear, it allows a significant increase in productivity over conventional machines while reducing the ease of knitting process and knitting tools.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Knitting tool; 1 'knitting tool; 1a, 1b, 1a 'parts

2

Body, shaft

3

edge

4

edge

5

foot

6

The End

7

Piercing opening

8th

Top; 8a, 8b tips

9

recess ,; 9a, 9b recesses

10

Stitch support shoulder; 10a, 10b mesh support shoulders

11

11a, 11b edge

12

arrow

13

Thread take-up groove, 13a, 13b Thread take-up groove

14

recess; 14a recess

15

Fadenaufnahmenut; 15a thread take-up groove

16

bed

17

bed

A, B

group

SA, SB

knitting tool

18

left course

19

right course

20

head

21

mesh sides

22

head

23

Half-stitch / mesh

24

Knit / stitch / half stitch

25

Half stitch, thread loop

26

, 29 thread / yarn

27

, 30 half stitch, thread loop

28

Half stitch, thread loop

Claims (17)

Method for producing knitted fabric (24) by means of two groups (A, B) each of knitting tools (1, SA, SB) arranged in a row, each having an open recess (9) at one end (6) for receiving a thread ( 26, 29) or a stitch or half stitch, in which: at least one thread (26, 29) is pushed through stitches by the knitting tools (SA, SB) of one group (A, B) held by the knitting tools (SA, SB) of the other group (A, B). A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the knitting tools (1, SA, SB) at least one of the groups (A, B) are moved synchronously to each other. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the knitting tools (1, SA, SB) of both groups (A, B) in each group (A, B) are moved synchronously with each other. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the knitting tools (1, SA, SB) of both groups (A, B) in each group (A, B) are moved asynchronously to each other. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the thread (26, 29) for forming a left-and-left knit alternately in the knitting tools (SA) of the one group (A) and in the knitting tools (SB) of the other group (B). is submitted. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the thread (29, 26) for forming a right-left knitted fabric or a left-right knitted fabric only in the knitting tools (SA, SB) one of the two groups (A, B) submitted becomes. A method according to claim 6, characterized in that during the knitting process a trained half-stitch row of the knitting tools (SA) of the one group (A) on the knitting tools (SB) of the other group (B) is passed. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the knitting tools are each moved in a reciprocating manner, the knitting tools (SA) of the one group (A) being moved in a direction different from the direction in which the knitting tools (SA) are moved Knitting tools (SB) of the other group (B) are moved. A method according to claim 8, characterized in that the knitting tools (SA) of the one group (A) are moved transversely to the knitting tools (SB) of the other group (B). Knitting tool (1) for carrying out the method according to one of the preceding claims,
with at least one body (2) which is provided at one end (6) with a thread support shoulder (10). Knitting tool according to claim 10, characterized in that it comprises two curved, resilient legs which define a piercing space (7) between each other. Knitting tool according to claim 10, characterized in that the legs are symmetrical with respect to a median plane and each have a thread support shoulder (10). Knitting tool according to claim 11, characterized in that the thread support shoulder (10) formed in the legs interrupts one side edge of the leg in each case. Knitting tool according to claim 10, characterized in that it is provided on the outside of its legs with thread guide grooves (13). Knitting tool according to claim 11, characterized in that the legs are formed with their tips (8a, 8b) lying against each other. Knitting tool according to claim 11, characterized in that the legs are provided on one of the thread support shoulder (10) opposite edge (3) with a recess (14). Knitting tool according to claim 11, characterized in that the legs are provided on their inside with a thread groove (15).

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