US2657561A - Knitted fabric and method of making the same - Google Patents

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/Nov. 3, 1953 A. P. sAuN-DERs ET AL KNITTED FABRIC AND A METHOD OF' MAKING THE SAME Filed April 25, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventors Nov. 3, 1953 A. P. sAuNql-:Rs E-rAL 2,657,561

KNITTED FABRIC AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Fiied April 25, 1951 s sheets-sheet 2 Inventors Nov. 3, 1953 2,657,561 y KNITTED FABRIC AND A METHOD OF MAKNG THE SAME Filed April 25, 1951 A. PsAUNDERs ETAL 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 3, 1953 A. P. sAuNDERs x-:TAL 2,657,561

KNITTED FABRIC AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed April 25, 1951 Inventors /AFHEU H `qmvwms ,LIE/my H. Hon/ves B Nov. 3, 1953 A. P. sAuNDERs ETAL 2,657,561

f KNITTED FABRIC AND A METHOD oF MAKING THE SAME 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed April 25, 1951 Inventors ,0M/75D @jam/05H5 B HENRY /L /loA Hes Patented Nov. 3, 1953 KNITTEDFABRIO AND METHOD oF MAKING THE SAME Alfred Percy Saunders and Henry Harold Holmes, Leicester, England, assignors to VWildt `rand ompany Limited, Leicester, England, a British company Application April 25, 1951, Serial No. 222,752

claims priority, application Great Britain March 8,1951

claims. o1. ca -198) This .invention relates .to knitted fabric .and to a method .of making the same.

TheY Vexpression fabric'is usedy herein ,in a generic sense to include not onlyfabric in the piece for subsequent cutting up and making into .any appropriate articles, lbut also knitted articles ,for wear 1such,'for instance, as various undergarments, outer garments, socks, and so on.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel yknitted fabric having therein what may conveniently .be .termed raised eyelet effects adapted to impart .to the fab-'ric not only a Abold .and attractive appearance but also ,a pleasing feel.

The knitted fabric constituting this invention .has at desired locations thereof small openings or eyelets produced .by laterally spreading portions 4of yam between and interlooping the same with adjacent knitted loops t0 form 4pelerine stitches, and Athese ypelerine stitches are so linked with tuck loops that at .the locations at which the openings or eyelets occur the surface of the fabric is raised.

The said tuck loops may vbe either directly nterengaged or interlinked with the pelerine stitches providing the openings vor eyelets orthey may be slightly .more remotely linked 0r `coupled therewith by intermediate linking lor coupling loops. In any event the disposition of the tuck loops may ,advantageously be such that'the re- .sulting knop-like raised puckeied v effects surround or frame the openings or eyelets thereby producing well defined, -bold andplasing effects. The tuck loopsmay be linked or coupledwith either .or both sidesof the pelerine stitches, the openings Y.or eyelets being ,thereby` opened lout laterally .to define ,yet more clearly the' raised Y eyeleteifeetsproduced. Thusexpressedinother terms, a feature .of the invention resides in the combination, at selected points Ain av knitted lfabr-ic, of pelerine stitches 'with tuck flops linked therewith. In thisY connection, the'novel coinbined effects may conveniently be regarded; V,and for convenience ywill hereinafter be referred to, as linkedtuck-pelerine stitches.

Although yit is within' the scope of the invention to incorporate linked tuck-pelerne stitches in a so-called .single-sided knitted fabric, by which n is meant a lfabric in which allgof` the knitted loopsare drawn to vone faceonly thereof, it is principally the intention to applythe 'invention to a .double-sidedfabric wherein, .of theY knitted loops'soi'ne .are drawnto'oneface and others .to the oppositef'ace ofthe fabric.

Accordingly, theinvention includes as a. feawork having a, cellular appearance.

ture, the combination, in a double-sided knitted fabric, of pelerinefstitches vproduced at desired locations by spreading bights or loops of yarn between and interlooping them with inwardly (or outwardly) facing knitted loops, with tuck loops which are associated with outwardly r(or inwardly) facing knitted loops and arelinked with the said pelerine stitches suchwise as to produce raised eyelet effects `as hereinbeforey described. Such a double-sided fabric maybe either a rib knitted fabric of any desired rib combination, such as 2 x 2 or broad rib, or itmay be a non-ribbed vfabric which, however, 'has one or more purl stitch,A i. e.' links-links, portions 'or areas. Y l

' In any event, and whatever the class of knitted fabric concerned, kthe linked tuck-pelerine stitches may be distributed in any desired manner, according to requirements. For instance, 'the entire fabric, or at least one or more whole sections or areas of the same, may incorporate linked tuck-pelerine stitchesjdisposed in regular, i. e. evenly spaced, series, both lcoursewise and walewise, suchwise as to produce "all-over open- In cases where there are pre-arranged areas `patterned by linked tuck-pelerine stitches, interspersed with non-patterned areas of the basic loop structure of the fabric, then the said patterned vareas may 'be in the form of solid blocks, diamonds, zigzags, and so on. Alternatively, the linked tuck- Apelerine stitches may be appropriately dispersed suchwise as to produce various designs or Yjac- `quarded patterns.

Thus, aswill be appreciated, a knitted article produced in accordance wih this invention, may include both portions patterned by the incorporation therein of ythe linked tuck-pelerine Astitches and plain (non-patterned) 'portions or areas.

The invention also includes, as a further feature, the method of making the novel form of knitted fabric. In this connection the fabric is made on a knitting machine equippedY with a set of pelerine instruments and having at least two kntting stations or feeds. The cycle or sequence of knitting operations necessary to produce the fabric is, broadly, as follows: At at least one knitting station o r feed selected needles are y,caused to tuck, Vthen at at least one further knitting station or feed not only are the accumulated tuck loops cleared and cast oif the said needles,

but selected pelerine instruments are also caused to engage and spread bights or'loops'of yarn between relevant loopsv on corresponding needles and finally the previously selected pelerine instruments are operated, at a non-knitting station, to transfer the laterally spread pelerine bights or loops to adjoining needles. This cycle or sequence of knitting is repeated with, if desired, any appropriate variations in the selections of the needles and the pelerine instruments from cycle to cycle, until either the entire fabric or the patterned section or area to be produced is completed. l

In the case of a two-feed knitting machine, the selection of needles to tuck would.. Of course. be effected at one knitting'station or feed. and the tuck loops would be cleared and knocked over and a selection the pelerinev instruments for the purpose in view made at the other knitting station or feed prior to transference of spread pelerine bights or loops to desired needle-s at a subsequent transfer (non-knitting) station. Where, however, a multi-feeder knitting ina- -chine having, sav. four or more feeds is employed,

then selection of needles to tuck may take place at two or more succeeding knitting stations or feeds and knitting-olf of the tuck loops and selection of the pelerine instruments to engage and `spread bights or loops of yarn as aforesaid may take place at two or more following` knitting stations or feeds prior to transference of the spread vpelerine bights or loops vto appropriate needles at asingle transfer station.Y Any other desired and suitable division of thefeedersmay be adopted.

Rib or plain fabric incorporating the novel raised eyelet effects may conveniently be ina-de `on any suitable knitting .machine having two needle beds (e. g. a circular machine ci the cylinder and dial type) and with pelerine instruments arranged to work in either of said beds. Rib or plain knitted fabrics, or fabrics incorporating links-links areas, may be made on a links-links machine fittedwith a third bed for the pelerine instruments.

To enable the invention to be more clearly understood and readily carried into practical effect, speciiic examples of the improved knitted fabric,

and a method making such fabrics on a niulti- Y feeder circular knitting' machine of the cylinder and dial type will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 illustrates, on a greatly magnified scale, a fragmentary portion of 2 x 2 rib knitted fabric incorporating linked tuck-pelerine stitches,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary portion of singlesided knitted fabric made in accordance with the invention, k

Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating a distribution of linked tuck-pelerine stitches in a portion ,of fabric providing an all-over pattern, Y

Figure 4 depicts one example of a knitted article, i. e. Vest, patterned by linked tuck-pelerine stitches,

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional View of so much vof the aforementioned machine as Vis necessary to illustrate the form of selector units and the jacks with which the machine is equipped for producing the improved fabric, Y

Figure 6 is a side'view of one of the pelerine instruments in the machine and the corresponding jack, per se,

Figure 7 is an edge View of a pair of pelerine instruments and of the jack for'controlling the same, andr Figures 8 and 8A each show, in developed form, al portion of the cam system of the machine at two knitting stations o r feeds.

facing wales P of plain loops CL drawn to the front face Yof the fabric, and intervening rib knitted panels B each comprising two consecutive inwardly facing Wales R. of rib loops b drawn to the back* of the fabric. Merely for the sake of convenienceit will be assumed that this particular fabric is knitted on a two-needle bed circular knitting machine having, say, eight (or any appropriate larger number of multiple of four) knitting stations or feeds. Thus, at C,D,E,F, C,D,E,F, are .shown successively produced groups each of four courses knitted Yoi" four different yarns which, for clarity and to enable them to be readily distinguished from one another, are shown blacked in, unshaded, heavily shaded with horizontal lines and lightly shaded with vertical lines respectively. in practice, all of these separately fed yarns would usually he of the sameV colour, count and quality, although there is, of course, no limitation in this respect.

At each of pre-determined locations in some or Vall of the plain knitted panels A there are, in

this example, two tuck loops c and d which are accumulated in two successive` courses C and D and knocked together in the next course E so that they have drawn through them a pair of the plain loops a in the last mentioned course. That is to say, the tuck loops c and d extend laterally over two wales P. There are, on the other hand, at pre-determined locations in some or all of the rib knitted panels B pelerine stitches e providing vopenings or eyelets in the fabric. As will be seen, each pelerine stitch e is formed by collecting and laterally spreading, in three successive courses E, F and C, bights g, and h of yarns extending between pairs of rib loops l) and knocking over this collection of spread bights so that they have drawn therethrough at h and are interlooped with apair of the rib loops of the course C. The upper left-hand portion of each pelerine stitch e is linked with the righthand ends of one pair of tuck loops c and d through` the-medium of linking loops i and fi, whilst the `lower right-hand portion of the same pelerine Vstitch is linked with the left-hand ends of a previously formed pair of suchl tuck loops C and d through linking loops k and Z. In this respect there are, inthis example,` tuck loops linked with both sides of each pelerine stitch e, the resulting openingV or eyelet being thereby opened out laterally in both directions clearly to define the novel eiect. In other words, the tuck loopsf linkedwith each pelerine stitch are incorporated in the two plain knitted panels A immediately adjoining the opposite sides of the panel B incorporating the said pelerine stitch. Moreover, the pairs of tuck loops c and d linked with each pelerine stitch e are in staggered relation, the tuck loops coupled to the left-hand side of the said stitch being formed in the group of four courses immediately preceding the group of courses in which are formed the tuck loops coupled to the right-hand side of the stitch.

The linking of the tuck loops with the pelerine stitches tends to lift the face of the fabric and produce raised, puckered effects surrounding Vor framing the openings 'or eyelets, this being evidenced by the fact that certain of the plain loops al in the vicinity of the linked tuck-pelerine ltion.

stitches arelarger than `the remaining loops a inthe outwardly facing Wales P. In this connection it ought to be explained thatFigure 1 is a correct, in contra-distinction to a theoretical, representation of the fabric, the figure being based on an enlarged photograph of the fabric as projected onto a screen; this accounts for the varying sizes and distortions of the loops. 'The lwell-'defined raised -eyelet effects decorate the prising a pelerne stitch e linked at opposite sides vwith pairs of tuck loops c'and d in precisely the same way as shown in Figure 1-With the exception, of course, that it is loops m which are drawn through-the tuck loops and the spread pelerine bights or loops f, g and h.

Figure 3, as previously mentioned, is a diagram `illustrating a distribution of linked tuck-pelerine 'stitches providing an all-over jacquarded vpattern. For simplicity in illustration, pelerine stitches e in this diagram are represented by circles, and tuck loops by small crosses. As will be seen, some of the pelerine stitches have tuck Vloops linked therewith `at both sides thereof,

Whilst others are linked with tuck loops at one side only. Theportion of fabric represented by the square in the diagram also incorporates, at

pre-determined points, both separate pelerine` stitches Yand also separate tuck stitches, that is to say pelerine and tuck` stitches which are not linked together in accordance with this inven- In Figure 4 is depicted, again in purely diagrammatic fashion, one typical knitted article for wear, viz. a vest, including an upper or bust-portion n decorated by spaced vertical panels ov patterned by desired distributions of linked tucky pelerine stitches and having intervening non-y patterned areas, and, below the waist-p,- a lower trunk portion vqY having an all-over `jacquarded pattern of distributed linked tuck-pelerine stitches insterspersed Vwith separate pelerine and tuck stitches.

A circular knitting maehinefof the ycylinder and dial type suitably equipped for carrying-out `this invention, and typical cycles oi' knitting on sucha machine for producinga 2 x 2 rib fabric `incorporating linked tuck-pelerine stitches, will` ncwrbe described with reference toFigures zThe particular machine now to be described, merelyby way of exam-ple, is intended to have a minimum of four knitting stationsor feeds-such `as those numbered I, 2, 3 and 4 in Figures 8 'and 8A. The machine may, however, have eight such stations'or feeds, lin which instance, it is tobe imagined that the four stations `or feeds shown at I, v2, v3 and 4 are duplicated. Or any other appropriate number of knitting station-s orieed's,

preferably though not necessarily in "multiples of four, may be provided. In any event, the ma Y chine of this exampleincludes, as will be seen in `Figure `5, a combinedneedle and jack cylinder 5 *l in the tricks or grooves "I5 of Vwhich are arranged spaced pairs of plain, i. e. cylinder., knitting needles 1, and intervening pairs-ofV pelerine instruments Band 59. Thetwo pelerine instru- 4ments 8 and 9 .or eachpair-with left-hand and right-hand loop-spreading. formationsgaand ,sa

6 respectively are arranged side by side in the saine trick or groove 6. The dial I0 is furnished with spaced pairs of rib, i. e. dial, knitting needles II arranged in alternating relation with the cylinder needles I suchwise as to enable the machine to produce V2 X 2 rib knitted fabric. For controlling the operation both of the cylinder needles I and of the pairs of pelerine instruments 8 and 9, there 'are provided in the needle tricks or grooves 1Ii jacks I2 furnished with butts I3 for action on the llower ends of the said needles and instruments. -As vwill be seen from a comparison of Figures 5 and 6, the cylinder needles 'I are formed with long operating butts I4 and the pelerine instruments with short operating butts I5. The lower portions I2a of the jacks are of a springy nature and are formed with butts I6. For determining selective actuation of the jacks I2, according to patterning requirements, there are provided, in front of the spring portions I2a thereof, selectors .I1 in the form of pressers which, as depicted in Figure 5, are 'fulcrumed at I8 and formed with butts I9 at respectively diierent heights. These butts .I9 are adapted to be acted upon, in advance of `a knitting station 4or feed such as that indicated at I in Figure 8, or in advance of each of 'a plurality of such stations or feeds, as the case may be, a bank of intermediate cam Vlevers 20 which are selectively manipulated by selector bits .2i arranged in tricks in a rotary device '22 and having butts 23 at different heights according to the selection to be effected. In this specic eX- ample the drum 22 with its .selector bits 2I and the associated bank of intermediate cam levers -29 together constitute a selector unit U provided immediately in advance of a knitting station or feed, such as I, for selecting desired ones of the cylinder needles I to tuck at two or more succeeding knitting stations or feeds, such, for instance, ,as those numbered I and 2, as will be hereinafter described.

In advance of the selector unit U, there is provided as shown in Figure 8, a cam .24 having on its underside a downwardly inclined surface 26a foraction on further .butts 25 on the jacks I2 `for the purpose of depressing all of the latter to a common low level26 preparatory to selection aor .re-selection of the same by the said unit. The upper edge 2li-b of the cam y2li is adapted for action both on the long and the short butts I4 kand I5'of the :needles and the pairs of pelerine instruments 8 and 9 respectively. Next to the cam 24, lwhich is also adapted to function as a transfer cam for the pelerlne instruments, as will be hereinafter described, is a tucking cam '21.of a thickness lessv than Ythat of the cam 2li so that it will miss the short butts I5 and act on the long butts I4 only, thereby initially raising all of the needles to tucking height 28 (Figures 8 and 8A) and enabling the pelerne instruments 8 and 9 to; .be low-ered by engagement of their short butts h5 with a downwardly inclined edge 29a ofa thicker depressing cam 2S combined with the trucking cam-2l so that the pelerine instruments Yare rendered inoperative withv their tips disposed at. the level 3s. Next to the combined tucking Vand depressing cams :ll and 29 at the knitting station :orieed `I there is'provlded a fulcrumed clearing cam 3| adapted, whenever there is to be a division of the needles so that some tuck and .the remainder clear and knit at this station or feed, to be rendered inoperative by being turned in full lines. At the knitting station or feed i,

there is, of course, alsovprovided astitch cam'32 and an associated guard cam 33. At each of the remaining three knitting stations or feeds 2, 3 and 4 shown in Figures S and 8A there is provided a tucking cam t, a movable clearing cam 3|, a stitch cam 32 and a guard cam 33. For the purpose of carrying out one specific cycle of knitting, the clearing cam Si at the knitting station or feed 2 is, like the corresponding cam at the station or feed l, maintained in a horizontal, i. e. inoperative, position, whilst the two clearing cams at the remaining two knitting stations or feeds 3 and i are in their raised, i. e. operative, positions so that at the last mentioned stations or feeds, all of the cylinder needles 'l will be caused to clear and knit. lt is to be clearly understood, however, that by selective manipulation of the clearing cams El, the cycle can be varied from time to time, according to patterning requirements.

As Will accordingly be appreciated, the purpose of the selector' unit U is to ensure that of all the jacks i2 lowered by the cam 2li desired ones of the needle-actuating jacks (and incidentally all of the pelerine actuating jacks) shall remain down, thereby selecting the corresponding neef dles to tuck by permitting them to remain at tucking height and enabling the butts I5 of the remaining needle-actuating jacks to be acted upon by a jack raising cam Si with the result that the corresponding needles are raised to clearing height and thereupon caused to knit by the stitch cani 32 at the station or feed i. In this respect, it is those cylinder needles corresponding to jacks i2 the lower sprung portions I2a of which are pressed in by selectively actuated selectors i? which are selected to tuck; the sprung portions im of the remaining needleactuating jacks are allowed by the selector U to remain out so that their lower butts it are engaged by the jack raising cam 35. At the kniting station or feed i there is also provided in the jack cam bok, beneath the relevant clearing cam l, a depressing cam 3l for engagement with the butts of all of those jacks whichV are pressed in by the action of the selector unit U for the purpose of further lowering these jacks to a low position 33 and thereby moving charnfered projections 39 formed on the said jacks beneath their butts 25 behind an upstanding undercut rib dim on a retaining cam 4i] (see Figure 5). In. this way the jacks corresponding to those cylinder needles selected to tuck as aforesaid are retained in the low position 38 until they are eventually raised again, after the cam 24, by engagement of their buttsY 25 and I6 with lifting cams 1li and da provided between the knitting stations or feeds 3 and 4. In fact, the lifting cams 4I and dia are employed for raising the retained jacks l2 preparatory to theirl re-selection by the unit U.

At the second station or feed 2, there is provided a further jack raising ycam 132. Hence, the conditions obtaining at station or feed I, are duplicated at station or feed 2 in so far that at both the cylinder needles selected at the selector unit U are caused to tuck and so accumulate tuck loops, whilst the cylinder needles not so selected clear and knit. The sprung lower portions of the jacks corresponding to the pairs of pelerine instruments 8 and 9 are also pressed into the cylinder 5 by the unit U so that these jacks are not affected by the jack raising cams and 42.

In advance of the appropriate knitting station or feed, such as that numbered 3, there is provided, as shown in Figure 8A, a selector unit U1,

similar in form and operation to the unit U, this further selector unit working in conjunction with a jack raising cam 43 to effect selection of desired pairs of pelerine instruments and raise the pelerine instruments slightly to the level 44 (Figure 8A) suchwise as to cause them to collect pelerine loops, that is to say, in this example, to engage, spread and retain bights or loops of yarn extending between rib knitted loops on relevant pairs of dial needles.

According to the number or knitting stations or feeds involved, it is possible to provide a selector unit U1 in advance of each of a plurality of successive stations or feeds, such, for instance, as the stations or feeds 3 and 4, or even 2, 3 and 4, so that the selected pairs of pelerine instruments collect or accumulate a corresponding number of bights or loops at succeeding courses. In any event, at a transfer cam, such as 2li, following a knitting station or stations in advance of which, or each of which, is provided a selector unit U1, all of the pairs of pelerine instruments 8 and i! are raised to dispose their tips at the height 45 (Figure 8) as a consequence of which the pairs of pelerine instruments, previously selected by the unit or units U1 to collect pelerine bights or loops, are caused to effect transference of such expanded bights or loops` to appropriate pairs of dial needles Il. Y

Thus, assuming for simplicitys sake that the set outs shown in the two Figures 8 and 8A are combined to provide the cam system and selecting means of a four-feed machine, then one specic cycle of knitting in accordance with this invention may be as follows;

At each of the first and second knitting staltions or feeds l and 2, both cylinder and dial needles knit, selected cylinder needles being, however, caused to tuck. Then at the third knitting station or feed 3, the selected cylinder needles knit oif the accumulatedtuck loops, and selected pelerine instruments are caused to engage and laterally spread bights or loops of yarn Yextending between rib loops on relevant dial needles. Finally, the previously selected pelerine instruments are operated by the cam 2d at the transfer station, to effect transference of the expanded bights or loops to appropriate dial needles preparatory to such bights or loops being knocked over to form pelerine stitches.

But, as previously described herein, by adding to the number of knitting stations or feeds, appropriately disposing selector units U and Ul where required, and effecting suitable manipulation of the movable clearing cams 3i all manner of accumulations of tuck loops and collections of pelerine bights or loops can be mad at desired locations. Y

The cylinder and dial needles may, of course, alternately be set out to produce a broad rib fabric, and the interspersion of the pairs of pelerine instruments with the cylinder needles is by no means limited to the set outillustrated invligures 8 and 8A.

In a further modification, instead of the cylinder needles and the pairs of pelerine instruments being formed With long and short operating butts, they may be provided withY butts in respectively different planes for engagement in separate cam tracks.

What we claim is:

1. Knitted fabric-having at desired locations thereof small Vopenings produced by the incorporation in the fabric of pelerine stitches, and

tuck loops whicliare so linked with the said pel-y erine stitches that at the. aforesaid locationsthe surface of the fabric is raised.

2..Knitte`d 'fabric havingv atA desired locations thereof pelerinejstitches; and tuck loops which are so directly interlinked with said pelerine stitches as toiproduc' raised eyelet effects.

3. Knitted. fabric having at desired locations thereof eyelets produced by incorporation in the fabric of pelerine stitches, and tuck loopswhich are" so linked withopposite sides of the said Delerine Stitches as 'to open yout the eyelets 'lateially and frame'them with raised pucker'e'd effects;

4; Knitted fabrichaving at each ofv desired locations thereof va pelerine` stitch. and at least one tuck loop which is so linked with one side only of the said pelerine stitch yas to produce a raisedeyelet effect. f

5. Double-sided knitted fabric comprising a structure of knitted loops of which some are drawn to one face and others to the opposite face of the fabric, the latter having at desired locations thereof pelerine stitches produced by spreading bights of yarn extending between knitted loops facing in one direction and interlooping the spread bights with the said loops, and tuck loops which are linked with the pelerine stitches suchwise as to provide raised eyelet effects at the aforesaid locations.

6. Single-sided knitting fabric consisting of a structure of knitted loops all drawn to one face only of the fabric, and wherein at desired locations of the latter there are provided raised eyelet effects comprising, in combination, pelerine stitches produced by spreading bights of yarn extending between and interlooping the spread bights with appropriate knitted loops, and tuck loops which are linked with the pelerine stitches.

7. A double-sided knitted fabric having both inwardly facing and outwardly facing knitted loops and wherein at desired locations thereof there are provided raised eyelet patterning eiects comprising, in combination, pelerine stitches produced by spreading bights of yarn extending between and interlooping the spread bights with inwardly facing knitted loops, and tuck loops -which are associated with outwardly facing knitted loops and are linked with the said pelerine stitches.

8. Rib knitted fabric having spaced panels each consisting of a plurality of consecutive wales of inwardly facing knitted loops and intervening panels each consisting of a plurality of consecutive wales of outwardly facing knitted loops, the said fabric incorporating, at selected points, linked tuck-pelerine lstitches comprising, in combination, pelerine stitches produced by laterally spreading bights of yarn extending between and interlooping the spread bights with adjacent inwardly facing knitted loops, and tuck loops produced in wales of outwardly facing knitted loops, the said tuck loops being linked with sides of the pelerine stitches.

9. Knitted fabric comprising a basic structure of knitted loops and having non-patterned areas of the said basic loop structure interspersed with pre-arranged areas patterned at desired locations thereof by the incorporation of linked tuck-pelerine stitches providing raised eyelet effects, the said stitches comprising, in combination, pelerine stitches produced by spreading bights of yarn extending between and interlooping the spread bights with appropriate knitted loops.,l and tuckv loops which are linked with the pelerine stitches.

10. The method of producing la knitted fabric incorporating raised eyelet veffects' comprising. thev steps of drawing a course ofloops selected:y

onesof which are held without being knitted whilst the remainder are so knitted, ata subsequent course of knitting clearing and knockinglaterally spreading bights of yarn extending between. knitted loops in the course, and, at a still further course of knitting,` causing the spread,

vbights to be interlooped with adjacent knitted loops suchwise as to produce pelerine stitches with which the tuck stitches are linked.

11. The method of producing a knitted fabric) patterned by the incorporation therein at desired locations of raised eyelet effects, comprising the steps of drawing successive courses of loops selected ones of which are held without being knitted whilst the remainder are so knitted, at the succeeding course of knitting clearing and knocking-over the accumulation of held loops and drawing through the same knitted loops in the said succeeeding course suchwise as to produce tuck loops, in the last mentioned course and subsequent courses collecting bights of yarn extending between knitted loops in these courses, later- -ally spreading these bights, and, at a still further course of knitting, causing the spread bights to be interlooped with adjacent knitted loops such- Wise as to produce pelerine stitches with which the tuck stitches are linked.

12. The method of knitting a ribbed fabric comprising the steps of reversely drawing loops in successive courses so as to produce spaced panels each of at least two adjacent wales of inwardly facing rib knitted loops and intervening panels each of at least two adjacent wales of outwardly facing plain knitted loops, selected loops in the outwardly facing wales of a plurality of the successive courses being held without being knitted, at the next succeeding course clearing and knocking-over the accumulation of held loops and drawing through the same plain knitted loops in the said next succeeding course suchwise as to produce tuck loops, in the last mentioned and subsequent courses collecting bights of yarn extending between adjacent rib loops in the inwardly facing wales, laterally spreading these bights, and, at a still further course, causing the spread bights to be interlooped with adjacent rib knitted loops so as to produce pelerine stitches with which the tuck loops are linked to provide raised eyelet patterning eects.

13. The method o-f making knitted fabric on a knitting machine equipped with needles and pelerine instruments and having at least two knitting stations, including the steps of causing selected needles to tuck and thereby hold loops without knitting them at at least one knitting station, at at least one further knitting station clearing and casting the held loops on the selected needles to produce tuck loo-ps and also causing selected pelerine instruments to engage and spread bights of yarn extending between loops on relevant needles, and, at a non-knitting station, transferring the spread bights to ad- Joining needles.

14. The method of making knitted fabric on a multi-feed knitting machine equipped with needles and pre-arranged pelerine instruments, including the steps of causing selected needles to tuck and thereby hold loops without knitting them at a plurality of succeeding feeds, at the next feed clearing and casting the accumulation of held loops oi the selected needles to produce tuck loops, also at the last mentioned feed and at least one further succeeding feed, causing se lected pelerine instruments to engage and spread bights of yarn extending between loops on relevant needles, and, at -a non-knitting station, transferring the collections of spread bights to adjoining needles.

15. Knitted Ware comprising non-patterned areas of a basic loop structure, and, interspersed l5 with said non-patterned areas, are-as patterned by the incoporation therein at selected locations of pelerine stitches and tuck loops which are so 12 linked with the said pelerine stitches as to produce in the fabric small openings surrounded by raised puckered effects.

ALFRED PERCY SAUNDERS. HENRY HAROLD HOLMES.

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