Improvements in or relating to Coloured Yarns, and in Fabrics or Articles Produced therefrom.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Coloured Yarns, and in Fabrics or
Articles Produced therefrom.
We, ALFRED RUSSELL DONISTHORPE, of Sarah Street Mills, Spinner, GEORGE
WHITE, of Clara Villa, Ashleigh Road, Narborough Road, Spinners Manager,
and GEORGE ERNEST ELLIS, of Brooklands," Hinckley Road, Traveller, all in
Leicester, in the County of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to coloured yarns and in
fabrics or articles produced therefrom and the object we have in view is to
produce as closely as possible an imitation of, or to imitate by the use of one
thread only of single, two or more ply wool, worsted or other yarn what is now,
produced in articles of hosiery knitted by several threads of yarn of different
colours such as for stripes, spots and plated work. To carry out this our inven-
tion we take the hanks of yarn reeled as desired and place them in the already
prepared dye bath of the "spot" colour which for example may be
scarlet" up.
to or about one, or two thirds (the latter preferred) of the hanks. After being
taken out and dried they are put upon sticks or hooks and tied or clipped at
certain equal distances the same one or two thirds of such hanks are then placed
in a bath of solid colour and dyed over the scarlet so getting the "spots and
ground shade. The remaining one or two thirds (the former preferred) of the
undyed part of the hanks are then dyed the bright stripe colour say green
for example, When this has been done and the yarn put up it is ready for use
either in circular, straight, parallel, or other knitting machines, or worked by
hand knitting to produce intermittent stripe and spot hose, half-hose, glove hands
and other articles of knitted hosiery wearing apparel.
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The novel effect produced in a knitted fabric from the above method or means
of producing coloured yarns is that the bright horizontal stripes occur intermit-
tently in every other course and in every two or three courses but not in one
course following the other, also the ground shade likewise only to a greater extent.
The spots" occur in the ground shade at frequent intervals above, between and
below the horizontal stripes, said stripes commencing and terminating in regular
order throughout the fabric except when rib tops, or heels and toes are being
made then said stripes will appear in broken lines intermixed with the solid or
ground shade.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to Coloured Yarns, and in Fabrics or
Articles Produced therefrom.
We, ALFRED RUSSELL DONISTHORPE, of Sarah Street Mills, Spinner, GEORGE
WHITE, of Clara Villa, Ashleigh Road, Narbourough Road, Spinners Manager,
and GEORGE ERNEST ELLIS, of Brooklands," Hinckley Road, Traveller, all in
Leicester, in the County of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to coloured yarns and in
fabrics or articles produced therefrom and the object we have in view is to
produce as closely as possible an imitation of, or to imitate by the use of one
thread only of single, two or more ply wool, worsted or other yarn what is now
produced in articles of hosiery knitted by several threads of yarn of different
colours for making horizontal stripes, spots in imitation of plated work in plain
or ribbed knitted fabrics or articles such as stockings, half-hose and the like.
That this invention may be well understood drawings accompany this inven-
tion in which-Figure 1 represents a hank of yarn dyed in accordance with this
invention, and Figure 2 a diagramatic view of the fabric after knitting.
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In carrying out this invention we take the hanks of yarn reeled as desired and
place about one or two thirds a (the latter preferred) of the hanks in the already
prepared dye bath of the "spot" colour A which by way of example may be
"scarlet," After being taken out and dried the hanks are put upon sticks or
hooks and tied or clipped at certain equal distances over the dyed portion, the
same one or two thirds a of such hanks are then placed in a bath of solid colour B
and dyed over the scarlet so getting the spots" and ground shade. The
remaining undyed portion of one or two thirds (the former preferred) of the hanks
are then dyed the bright stripe colour C say "green" for example. Or the whole
of the hanks may be dyed only one colour after the "spot" colour has been tied
or clipped which will ensure two shades, one deep and the other light in the
"duplex" stripes A and B.-When either the above have been done and the yarn
put up in any suitable manner it is ready for use in circular, straight, parallel
or other knitting machines, or to be worked by hand knitting and produce inter-
mittent stripes, and "spots" in the hose, half-hose, glove hands or other articles
of knitted wearing apparel. The novel effect produced in a knitted fabric from
the above described method or means, of producing coloured yarns is that the
bright or light horizontal stripes will occur intermittently in every other course
and in every two or three courses as seen in Figure 2 of the drawings, but not in
one course following the other, also the ground shade likewise but to a greater
extent. The "spots occur in the ground or deep shade at frequent intervals
above, between and below the horizontal "duplex" stripes commencing and ter-
minating in regular order throughout the fabric except when rib tops, heels
or toes are being made when such stripes will appear in broken lines intermixed
with the solid colour or ground shade.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and is what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
The herein described improvements in or relating to coloured yarns and in
fabrics or articles made therefrom, by dyeing one or two thirds of the hanks the
"spot colour, and after fying or clipping parts of this portion of the hanks, dve

page_text: over it the solid colour or ground shade, and the remaining one or two thirds a
bright colour to produce the light stripes, or after tying and clipping the " spot "
colour dye the whole of the hanks from one colour and thereby obtain a deep and
a light shade in the duplex" stripes, with reference to the accompanying
5 drawings.
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this soru uay of August love.
W. BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent, 34, Belvoir Street, Leicester,
(Applicants' Agent).