Patent ID: 6308535
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of designed knitwear on one of a circular stocking knitting machine and a knitting machine, the machine having one or more feed stations using a first base yarn and a second base yarn for the manufacture of a basic knit fabric and at least one dyed yarn in order to create a design in the basic knit fabric and with a selection unit, with jacks and needles that must pick up the dyed yarn for the formation of the design in or at each feed station, the method comprising the steps of:selecting with a single selection unit the needles that must form the design in the knitwear so that each of needles that must form the design in the knitwear picks up and knits dyed yarn and the first base yarn without picking up the second base yarn, while the remaining needles pick up and knit the second and first base yarns, excluding the dyed yarn.