Patent ID: 6796149
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A method of knitting a fabric on a flat knitting machine having a pair of front and back needle beds, at least one of the needle beds being laterally racked, the method comprising:(a) forming a flechage knitting region using a flechage knitting; (b) performing a stitch move by transferring loops in the flechage knitting region between the front and back needle beds to laterally move the loops; (c) moving the front and back needle beds relative to each other after loops in a stitch move region are transferred to an opposite needle bed to laterally move the loops whenever a predetermined number of courses in the flechage knitting region are knitted; (d) holding loops of wale placed in a rest state on the needle bed opposing the needle bed on which loops of the next course are formed in a s subsequent flechage knitting until the stitch move is completed; (e) transferring only the loops of wale in which the loops of the next course are formed in the subsequent knitting to their originally retained needle bed prior to forming the loops of the next course; and (f) repeatedly performing the knitting method of steps (a) through (e).