Patent ID: 7386360

Claim:
A loop simulation device for determining an image of a knitting fabric corresponding to knitting fabric design data such that a loop of each stitch is represented, the device comprising: movement amount calculating means for determining a movement amount of the each stitch of the knitting fabric such that distances between the each stitch and upper, lower, left, and right stitches satisfy a predetermined rule and a stitch orientation of the each stitch approximates stitch orientations of left and right stitches when the stitch orientation of the each stitch differs from the stitch orientations of the left and right stitches; convergence determining means for repeating processing performed by said movement amount calculating means until a position of the each stitch is converged on a converged value, the converged value being set as a stitch position; stitch position storage means for storing data for said stitch position and said stitch orientation; memory for storing the knitting fabric design data; and display means for displaying the image of the knitted fabric.