JP2020066810A - Fabric knitting method and knitted fabric - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a fabric knitting method for knitting a fabric in which a hole is inconspicuous at a stepped portion of a joining portion with one feeder.SOLUTION: Using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds, a first fabric and a second fabric are knitted by forming stitches at the end portions of the first fabric and the second fabric and a joint of stitches of a laying wale. At this time, there is a stepped portion at the end portion of at least one of the first fabric and the second fabric. Using one feeder, the laying wale and the fabric having the stepped portion are knitted, a wale that forms a joint with the stitches of the end portion as the laying wale and an additional wale by stitches that do not form a joint with the stitches of the end portion are knitted, the fabric having the stepped portion is increased on the lower side of the stepped portion, and a joint of the additional stitches generated by the increase and the stitches of the additional wale is formed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a knitted fabric joining method using a flat knitting machine and a joined knitted fabric.

  When knitting clothes and the like without sewing, a first knitted fabric such as a front knitted fabric and a second knitted fabric such as a back knitted fabric are joined at shoulders. Patent Document 1 (Patent 5619008) discloses that two wales of bind-off wales are knitted between the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric. The first knitted fabric is bound by forming the stitches of the first knitted fabric and the stitches of the first bind-off wale, and the stitches of the second knitted fabric and the stitches of the second bind-off wale are overlapped. The second knitted fabric is bound by forming it. However, if the first knitted fabric or the second knitted fabric has a step portion, a hole is opened in the vicinity of the step portion.

  FIG. 2 of Patent Document 2 (Patent 5349268) discloses that two yarn feeders are used to bind off the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric. In this knitting method, one yarn feeder is used for knitting the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric, and the other yarn feeder is used for the bind-off stitch. In Patent Document 2, even if the first knitted fabric or the second knitted fabric is knitted in parallel with the joining, a step for two stitches does not occur, and the hole of the stepped portion is inconspicuous. However, since the joining method of Patent Document 2 requires two yarn feeders, it takes a lot of time to finish the yarn in mass production.

  Prior art other than joining is shown. It is known that the split stitch increases the stitch number of the first stitch to the stitch number of the second stitch of the new stitch and the old stitch. Further, Patent Document 3 (Patent 5695846) discloses an increase in stitch length due to empty needle knit + twist.

Patent 5619008 Patent 5349268 Patent 5695846

  An object of the present invention is to provide a knitting method in which knitting can be performed with a small number of yarn feeders and holes are not conspicuous at a stepped portion of a joining portion, and a knitted fabric.

This invention uses a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of front and rear needle beds,
The first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric are joined by forming the stitches of the terminal ends of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric and the stitches of the stitches of the bind-off wale,
Also, in the method for joining knitted fabrics, wherein there is a stepped portion at the end of at least one of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric,
Using one yarn feeder, knit a bind-off wale and a knitted fabric having the step portion,
As the bind-off wales, a wale that forms a stitch and a stitch at the end portion, and an additional wale that includes a stitch that does not form a stitch and a stitch at the end portion is knitted,
It is characterized in that the knitted fabric having the step portion is subjected to an increase on the lower side of the step portion to form an additional stitch generated by the increase and a stitch of the stitch of the additional wale.

In the knitted fabric of the present invention, the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric are joined by the stitches of the ends of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric and the stitches of the bind-off wale,
And in a knitted fabric having a stepped portion at the terminal end of at least one of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric,
The bind off wale includes an additional wale with stitches that do not form a stitch with the stitches of the end portion,
The knitted fabric having the stepped portion is provided with a widening on the lower side of the stepped portion, and is provided with an additional stitch generated by the widening and a stitch of the stitch of the additional wale.

  According to the present invention, since the yarn can be knitted with one yarn feeder, the yarn can be easily cleaned. In addition, even in the step portion, a conspicuous hole is not opened at the joint portion of the knitted fabric. In addition, the additional wale increases the strength of the bind-off in the wale direction, so that the shape of the joint is stable.

  Preferably, the stitches are increased by splitting, while forming a stitch of one stitch of the old stitch and the new stitch and the stitches of the additional wale generated by the splitting, and the stitches of the bind-off wale other than the additional wale. A stitch located on the next course of the stitch and a stitch of the other stitch are formed. In this case, both the old stitch and the new stitch generated by the split increase are connected to the bind-off wales, so that the holes in the step portion are less noticeable.

  More preferably, in the knitted fabric having the step portion, a new stitch is formed in the wale on the lower side of the step portion, which is adjacent to the wale that has been subjected to the split increase, and the new stitch and other than the additional wale. With the stitches of the bind-off wale, the stitches facing the new stitch are formed. In this case, the new stitch is also joined to the bind-off wales, so that the holes in the stepped portion are less visible.

Preferably, the bind off wale comprises at least one wale including a first wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the first knitted fabric, a second wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the second knitted fabric, and the additional wale. ,
After arranging the stitches of the bind-off wales on the needle bed on the side of the first knitted fabric, the stitches of the second wales and the stitches of the ends of the second knitted fabric are formed, and new stitches are formed on the second wales. Formed,
After arranging the stitches of the bind-off wales on the needle bed on the side of the second knitted fabric, the stitches of the first wales and the stitches at the ends of the first knitted fabric are formed, and at the same time, the following stitches are laid on the first wale. Form. Generally, the back stitch has a smaller bulge than the front stitch, the stitch of the first wale is the back stitch when viewed from the first knitted fabric side, the stitch of the second wale is the back stitch when viewed from the second knitted fabric side, and the bulge of the bind-off wale is It becomes inconspicuous.

Preferably, the bind off wale includes a first wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the first knitted fabric, a second wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the second knitted fabric, and an increase of the first knitted fabric. A first additional wale for forming a double stitch and a second additional wale for forming a double stitch and a double stitch of the second knitted fabric are provided. With this configuration, the hole in the stepped portion of the first knitted fabric can be prevented by the first additional wale, and the hole in the stepped portion of the second knitted fabric can be prevented by the second additional wale.

The figure which shows the knitting method of the part other than the step part in an Example The figure which shows the knitting method in the vicinity of the step in the embodiment It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning of the bind-off wales and the 1st knitted fabric and the 2nd knitted fabric in an Example, (A) the 2nd bind-off wales, (B) the 3rd bind-off wales, C) shows the 4th bind-off wale. The figure which shows the connection of the 1st knitted fabric and the bind-off wale in an Example. The figure which shows the connection of the 1st knitted fabric and the bind-off wale in a prior art example. Photographs showing the joints of the knitted fabric in the examples Photograph showing the joining points of the knitted fabric in the conventional example

  BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best examples for carrying out the invention are shown below.

  1 and 2 show a knitting method in the embodiment. The flat knitting machine used has four needle beds of FU (front upper), FD (front lower), BU (rear upper) and BD (rear lower), and stitches can be transferred between the front and back needle beds. And, each needle bed can be racked independently. However, using a flat knitting machine equipped with a pair of front and rear needle beds, the needles in the needle bed are divided into two groups with one needle in between and one of the needles is regarded as the needle in the upper needle bed, and the needle in the other group is considered. The same knitting can be performed by regarding the needle as the needle of the lower needle bed. The black triangle is the yarn feeder 1 and feeds the needle on the needle bed. Except when a plurality of yarns are used for design reasons and the like, only one yarn feeder is required, so that the yarns can be easily finished at the knitting start point and the knitting end point.

  The stitch row that locks the knitting needles A to G of the FD is the first knitted fabric 2, and the stitch row that locks the knitting needles a to g of the BD is the second knitted fabric 3. In the embodiment, these are the front knitted fabric of the garment. It is the second part. In the embodiment, the first knitted fabric 2 and the second knitted fabric 3 are bind-off using the bind-off wales α, β, γ. In the embodiment, the second knitted fabric 3 is pre-knitted along the shoulder and does not form a new course during the joint knitting. On the other hand, the first knitted fabric 2 knits a new course by turning back in parallel with the joint knitting. In this knitting, the bind-off wales γ, which are additional wales, are arranged at the endmost position on the side of the first knitted fabric 2 which is the front knitted fabric. In addition, when a new course is knitted by turning back to provide a front descent, a step portion is formed at the end of the new course. Then, when a stitch that is not connected to the bind-off wale is formed in the step portion, a hole is opened. In the present invention, the hole is made inconspicuous at the new step portion at the end of the course due to the turning back.

  A new course may be knitted for both the first knitted fabric 2 and the second knitted fabric 3 by turning back in parallel with the joint knitting. In this case, not only the bind-off wales γ, which are additional wales, are arranged on the first knitted fabric 2 side that is the front knitted fabric at the end, but additional wales are further added on the second knitted fabric 3 side that is the back knitted fabric. Just do it. The type of knitted fabric to be knitted is not limited to clothes, and may be any knitted fabric as long as a step portion is formed because a new course is knitted in parallel with the joint knitting.

  In this specification, a wale means a row of stitches connected to each other by a sinker loop and a needle loop, and a course means a row of stitches connected to each other by a connecting yarn between the sinker loops.

For example, the third bind-off wales α, β, γ are provided, and the inside wales α are wales for forming a stitch with the stitches of the second knitted fabric 3 to bind off the second knitted fabric 3, and the wale β is It is a wale for forming a stitch and a stitch of the first knitted fabric 2 and binding the first knitted fabric 2. The wale γ is an additional wale,
・ Increasing the strength of the bind-off part composed of bind-off wales α, β, γ along the wale direction,
The formation of the stitches and the double stitches of the knitted fabric 2 at the stepped portion of the first knitted fabric 2 prevents the holes from being opened. The stitch row locked to the knitting needles A to G indicates the stitches of the first knitted fabric 2, and is joined to the stitches of the bind-off wale β. Further, the stitch row that is locked to the knitting needles a to g shows the stitches of the second knitted fabric 3, and is joined to the stitches of the bind-off wales α.

  The S + number indicates each step, and S0 indicates the initial state in the joint knitting. In S1, new stitches are formed on the wales γ and β, and the stitches of the wales α, β and γ are transferred to the needle bed FD. In S2, the needle bed BD (BU) is racked to the right, the stitches that are held by the knitting needles a of the second knitted fabric 3 are overlapped with the stitches of the wales α, and new stitches are formed in the wales α in S3. In S4, the needle bed BD (BU) is racked to the left, the stitches of the wales α, β, γ are transferred to the needle bed BD, and further racked to the left in S5, and the knitting needle A of the first knitted fabric 2 is transferred. The stitches that are locked to are overlapped with the stitches of wale β. The state of the knitted fabric after executing S5 is almost the same as the state of S0.

  At locations other than the stepped portion, the process returns from S5 to S1, and the cycle of S1 to S5 is repeated. By executing S1 to S5 once, the first knitted fabric 2 and the second knitted fabric 3 are each wale bind-off, and a new stitch is formed on each bind-off wale α, β, γ.

  The stitches of the wale β joined to the first knitted fabric 2 are formed by the needle bed BD on the second knitted fabric 3 side (S1), and the stitches of the wale α joined to the second knitted fabric 2 are on the first knitted fabric 2 side. It was formed by needle bed FD (S3). In this way, the stitches of the wale β are the back stitches when viewed from the first knitted fabric 2 side, the stitches of the wale α are the back stitches when viewed from the second knitted fabric 3 side, and the bind-off loop at the time of joining is inside the joining portion. By being arranged, the bulge of the bind-off wale can be reduced. Note that this point is the same in S6, S12, and S14 of FIG.

  In the embodiment, a new course is knitted by turning back on the first knitted fabric 2 in parallel with the joining knitting. When forming a new course by turning back, S6 to S14 are executed after S5. After forming new stitches in the wales γ and β in S6, the stitches of the wales α, β and γ are transferred to the needle bed FD. In S7, the needle bed BD (BU) is racked to the right, and the stitches of the wales α, β, γ are transferred to the needle bed BU. In S8 and S9, the first knitted fabric 2 is turned back and knitted for two courses. In parallel with the flechage knitting, the needle bed BD (BU) is racked, and the knitting needle d that holds the stitches of the additional wales γ and the knitting needle C that is the step portion face each other, and the split increase in S10 and formation of double stitches are performed. prepare. Further, the needles holding these stitches face each other so that the stitches held by the knitting needle b can be transferred to the wale α.

  Since the first knitted fabric 2 is knitted for two courses in S8 and S9, a step portion is formed between the stitches held by the knitting needle C and the knitting needle D. Therefore, in S10, a new stitch is formed in the stitch to be held by the knitting needle C, and this stitch is split and split into the second stitch of the old stitch and the new stitch existing before the split split. Then, for example, the old stitch m is overlaid on the stitch of the additional wale γ. Further, the new stitch generated by the split increase becomes the stitch that is locked to the knitting needle C, and this stitch is overlapped with the stitch of the wale β in the subsequent steps. As a result, both the old and new stitches at the stepped portion formed in the first knitted fabric 2 are joined to the stitches of the bind-off wale, so that the hole is not noticeable at the stepped portion. In S10, new stitches are also formed on the stitches held on the knitting needle B on the right side of the knitting needle C of the first knitted fabric 2. It should be noted that in S10, the new stitch at the time of splitting may be overlaid on the stitch of the wale γ. In addition, not by splitting, but by the empty needle knit + twist described in Patent Document 3, a stitch is formed between stitches that are locked to, for example, knitting needles B and C using racking, and this stitch is the stitch of the wale γ. You may stack it on.

  In parallel with the split increase, the stitches of the wales α are transferred to the FD in S10, and the stitches that are locked to the knitting needles b of the second knitted fabric are overlaid on the wales α in S11. Then, in S12, a new stitch is formed on the wale α. In S13, the stitches that are locked to the knitting needles B of the first knitted fabric are overlapped with the stitches of the wale β, and the stitches of the wales α that are locked to the knitting needles A of the FD are transferred to the knitting needles a of the BU. Then, in S14, new stitches are formed on the wales γ and β. The state of the knitted fabric after executing S14 is almost the same as the state after forming a new stitch in S1 and before transferring. After the execution of step S14, the stitches of the wales α, β, γ are transferred to, for example, the needle bed FD, and then S2 to S5 are executed. After that, the cycles S1 to S5 are executed to bind the knitting needles C to G and the knitting needles c to g.

  FIG. 3 shows an arrangement example of the bind-off wales. (A) shows an example in which the bind-off wales δ for overlapping the stitches of the first knitted fabric 2 and the second knitted fabric 3 and the additional wales γ are bound in two rows. The additional wale γ may be on either side of the wale δ. However, the arrangement of (A) involves formation of a third layer, which makes knitting difficult. (B) shows an example in which an additional wale γ is assigned for the first knitted fabric 2, a wale β is assigned to the bind-off of the first knitted fabric 2, and a wale α is assigned to the bind-off of the second knitted fabric 3. It is arbitrary which wale is assigned with the additional wale γ.

(C) shows the disposition of the bind-off wales when holes are not formed in the step portions in both the first knitted fabric 2 and the second knitted fabric 3. In this case, two wales γ ₁ and γ ₂ are provided as additional wales, the wales γ ₁ are used to prevent perforation at the stepped portion of the first knitted fabric, and the wale γ ₂ is perforated at the stepped portion of the second knitted fabric. Used for prevention. The arrangement of the wales α, β, γ ₁ and γ ₂ is arbitrary. The additional wales γ may be provided in three or more wales, but knitting becomes difficult.

As shown in FIG. 3C, when an additional wale γ ₂ is provided and a new course is also knitted on the second knitted fabric 3 in parallel with the bind-off, for example, after the step S14 of FIG. Arrange α, β, γ on the needle bed. Then, the knitting corresponding to S8 to S14 is executed by reversing the front and back of the needle bed, and the split knitting is performed on the lower side of the step portion to prevent the opening of the end portion caused by the knitting of the second knitted fabric 3 And so on, and the old stitch or new stitch at this time is overlapped with the stitch of the additional wale γ ₂ .

FIG. 4 shows the connection between the first knitted fabric 2 and the bind-off wales β and γ in the example. In addition to this, the second knitted fabric is connected to the bind-off wales α, but is not shown. FIG. 5 shows the connection between the first knitted fabric 2 and the bind-off wales β in the conventional example. Dotted lines in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show stitch connections by overlapping stitches, C1 to C3 are knitting courses, C1 is knitting to the right, and from the bottom to the upper direction of the bind wales γ and β. Repeat the formation and turn down. Further, C2 is knitted leftward as the start end of the step portion and C3 is knitted rightward, and the step is knitted by turning back the courses C2 and C3. The conventional example of FIG. 5 is different from the example of FIG.
・ No additional wale γ
The stitch m (old stitch in the embodiment) divided and increased by the step portion is not overlapped with the stitch of the wale γ. In the conventional example of FIG. 5, since the stitch r of the step portion is not connected to the bind-off wales β, holes are easily opened near the bind-off wales β and the stitches r.

  In FIG. 4, in parallel with the knitting knitting, two courses (C2, C3) are knitted by turning back to the old stitch (C1) held by the knitting needles D to J. At that time, since new stitches are formed in the stitches that are held by the knitting needles C and B, the height of the step portion changes from the second stitch to the first stitch in FIG. Further, the number of stitches to be held on the knitting needle C is increased by splitting and increasing, for example, the old stitch m is overlapped on the stitch of the additional wale γ, and the new stitch p formed on the knitting needle C by splitting and so on is overlapped on the stitch of the wale β. . In addition, the stitch n that is locked to the knitting needle B is overlapped with the stitch of the wale β. As a result, since the stitches on the outer periphery of the first knitted fabric 2 are all overlapped with the wales β or γ in the vicinity of the step, no hole is formed in the vicinity of the step. The knitting needle to be increased is not limited to the knitting needle C that is the end on the lower side of the stepped portion, but may be the knitting needle B adjacent to it.

  When the additional wale γ is provided, the number of stitches in the course direction increases and the bind-off width increases, so that the strength of the bind-off wale also increases. Therefore, when the present invention is applied to clothing, the bind-off wales α, β, γ become difficult to stretch when a force is applied in a direction parallel to the bind-off portion, and as a result, the shape of the clothing is stabilized. It is also possible to adjust the stretch condition by reducing the number of stitches in the wale direction with respect to the additional wale γ by mis-knitting.

  FIG. 6 shows the joint portion of the garment knitted in the example, and FIG. 7 shows the joint portion of the garment knitted in the conventional example in which an additional wale γ is not provided. In FIG. 7, the holes are conspicuous in the joint portion, but in FIG. 6, the holes are not conspicuous on the front knitted fabric (first knitted fabric 2) side provided with the additional wales γ.

The embodiment has the following features.
1) Even if the first knitted fabric 2 or the second knitted fabric 3 has a stepped portion at a portion facing the bind-off wale, no hole is formed in the stepped portion.
2) Increasing the number of bind-off wales makes it difficult for the knitted fabric to stretch along the bind-off wale direction, and stabilizes the shape of the knitted fabric.
3) Since the yarn can be knitted by one yarn feeder 1, the yarn disposition becomes easy. It is not necessary to knit the additional wales γ with the same number of courses as the wales α and β, and the number of the additional wales γ in the wale direction may be smaller than the number of the wale α and β in the wale direction.
4) The bulge of the bind-off wale can be hidden.

In FIG. 3, the bind-off wales are shown up to the width of 4 wales, but a larger number of bind-off wales, for example, about 20 wales may be knitted. In this case, a large number of bind-off wales are arranged, for example, in half in a C shape on opposite needle beds, and the bind-off wales α and β and the additional wales γ ₁ and γ ₂ of the embodiment are provided near both ends of the C-shape. Deploy. In the stitches of the bind-off wales, the stitches other than the wales α, β, γ ₁ and γ ₂ (the stitches excluding both ends of the C-shape) are knitted with the front stitch (top stitch), and the raised wide shoulder It may be a bind-off.

1 Yarn feeder 2 1st knitted fabric 3 2nd knitted fabric α, β, γ Bale wales A to E Knitting needles a to g of front needle bed k, knitting needles of rear needle bed m, n, p, r Knitting C1 to C3 course

Claims (6)

Using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of front and rear needle beds,
The first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric are joined by forming the stitches of the terminal ends of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric and the stitches of the stitches of the bind-off wale,
Also, in the method for joining knitted fabrics, in which there is a step portion at the end of at least one of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric,
Using one yarn feeder, knit a bindoff wale and a knitted fabric with the step portion,
As the bind-off wale, a wale that forms a stitch and a stitch at the end portion, and an additional wale for a stitch that does not form a stitch and a stitch at the end portion are knitted,
A method of joining knitted fabrics, characterized in that a knitted fabric having a step portion is subjected to a stitch on the lower side of the step portion to form an additional stitch and a stitch of an additional wale generated by the stitch.   The above-mentioned increase is performed by split addition, while forming a stitch of one stitch of the old stitch and the new stitch generated by the split stitch and stitch of the additional wale, and the stitch of the bind-off wale other than the additional wale. The method for joining knitted fabrics according to claim 1, wherein a stitch located in the next course and a stitch of the other stitch are formed.   In the knitted fabric having the step portion, a new stitch is formed on the wale on the lower side of the step portion, which is adjacent to the wale that has been split and increased, and the new stitch and the bind-off wale other than the additional wale. The method for joining a knitted fabric according to claim 2, wherein the stitches of (1) form a stitch of a stitch facing the new stitch. The bind off wale comprises a first wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the first knitted fabric, a second wale that forms a stitch and a stitch of the second knitted fabric, and at least one wale for the additional wale,
After arranging the stitches of the bind-off wales on the needle bed on the side of the first knitted fabric, the stitches of the second wales and the stitches of the ends of the second knitted fabric are formed, and new stitches are formed on the second wales. Formed,
After arranging the stitches of the bind-off wales on the needle bed on the side of the second knitted fabric, the stitches of the first wales and the stitches at the ends of the first knitted fabric are formed, and new stitches are formed on the first wales. It forms, The joining method of the knitted fabric in any one of Claims 1-3.   The bind-off wale is composed of a first wale that forms a stitch and a double stitch of the first knitted fabric, a second wale that forms a stitch and a double stitch of the second knitted fabric, and an increase and a double stitch of the first knitted fabric. Bonding of the knitted fabric according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a first additional wale to be formed and a second additional wale to form a widening stitch and a double stitch of the second knitted fabric. Method. The first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric are joined by the stitches of the ends of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric and the stitches of the bind-off wale,
And in a knitted fabric having a stepped portion at the terminal end of at least one of the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric,
The bind off wale includes an additional wale with stitches that do not form a stitch with the stitches of the end portion,
The knitted fabric having the step portion is provided with a stitch on the lower side of the step portion, and is provided with an additional stitch generated by the stitch and a stitch of the stitches of the additional wales.