Patent ID: 6151922
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A method of knitting an inlaid fabric including a base knitting fabric portion and an inlay yarn by use of a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of horizontally extending first and second needle beds arranged in front and back to be opposed to each other across a needle gap a nd each having a number of needles, said flat knitting machine being so designed that stitches of loops can be transferred between said needle beds and also either or both of said needle beds can be racked laterally, said method comprising:the step that said base knitting fabric portion is knitted;the step that inlay yarn holding loops are formed by retaining loops of said base knitting fabric portion retained by said needles on said first needle bed to said needles on the opposed second needle bed through a split knit process, whereby said loops are retained to said needles on both of the first and second needle beds;the step that said inlay yarn is made to r un across sa id loops retained to said needles on the first and second needle beds;the step that said inlay yarn holding loops retained by said needles on said second needle bed are transferred to said needles on the first needle bed to be overlapped with said loops of said base knitting fabric portion; andthe step that a yarn is fed to said needles of the first needle bed to form loops of the next course.