Amit BiswasID : 143003014Bsc in Textile EngineeringGreen University of Bangladesh

Principal Stitchesin

Weft Knitting

Weft knitted stitches described so far has been composed entirely of knitted loops. A knitted loop stitch is produced when a needle receives a new loop and knocks over the old loop that it held from the previous knitting cycle. The old loop then becomes a needle loop of normal configuration.

Fig: Looping diagram of knit and purl

stitches

When the needle is raised by camming action to obtain yarn in the hook, but is not raised high enough to clear the previously formed loop below the latch, the needle will have two loops in the hook and a tuck stitch will be formed when it knits at next course.

Fig: Tuck stitch produced on a latch needle machine Fig: Technical face of a tuck stitched fabric

A float stitch or welt stitch is composed of a held loop, one or more float loops and knitted loops. It is produced when a needle (M) holding its old loop fails to receive the new yarn that passes, as a float loop, to the back of the needle and to the reverse side of the resultant stitch, joining together the two nearest needle loops knitted from it.

Fig: Miss stitch produced on a latch needle machine Fig: Technical face of float stitch