JP3333384B2 - How to knit seamless socks - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of knitting seamless socks knitted using a flat weft knitting machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Socks are knitted using a flat weft knitting machine having a pair of front and rear needle beds. FIG. 7 shows a sock 51 knitted by a conventional knitting method. FIG. 8 shows the knitting pattern of the sock of FIG. 7, and the figure shown on the left shows the knitting pattern of the knitted fabric that appears on the front side (the side with the upper) when the sock is worn, and the figure shown on the right. Each shows the knitting pattern of the knitted fabric appearing on the rear side (the side with the heel). When the socks 51 are knitted with a flat knit structure composed of the outer surface, the knitted fabric 51f appearing on the front side when wearing the socks is displayed on the rear side using any one of the front and rear needle beds, for example, the needle of the front needle bed. After the knitted fabric 51b is supplied to the needles of the front needle bed by using the needles of the rear needle bed to knit the course of the front knitted fabric 51f, the yarn feeding direction is reversed and the needles of the rear needle bed are formed. And the knitting yarn is alternately supplied to the needles of the front and rear needle beds in a circular manner so that the tubular sock 51 is knitted.

[0003] The knitting of the socks 51 is started from the wearing mouth 53 toward the toe. First, knitting of the mouthpiece 53 is started, and subsequently, knitting is performed to the ankle 59 through the inflated shin / shinshin portion 57. During this time, the knitting yarn is fed to the needle of the front needle bed and subsequently to the needle of the rear needle bed, and is knitted in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Next, at the place where the heel portion 61 is formed, the course knitting of the front knitted fabric 51f is interrupted, and the knitted width of the rear knitted fabric 51b is gradually reduced by turning back knitting to form an inverted triangular shape indicated by reference numeral 61a. Thereafter, the knitting yarn is continuously supplied to the needles of the rear needle bed so that the knitting width is increased again and the knitting yarn is knitted into a triangular shape indicated by reference numeral 61b, thereby forming the heel portion 61. After the knitting of the heel portion 61, the knitting yarn is alternately supplied to the needles of the front and rear needle beds in a circular manner, and the upper portion 63 and the arch portion 65 are knitted, and the knitting up to the toe portion 67 is performed. In the toe portion 67, the stitch formation of the front knitted fabric 51f knitted by the front needle bed is stopped, and the rear knitted fabric 51f is knitted by the rear needle bed.
As shown in the figure, the knitting width of the toe portion 67 following the arch portion 65 of b is gradually reduced, and then the back knitting with the increased knitting width is performed again to perform knitting of the toe portion 67.
Thereafter, the stitches of the front knitted fabric 51f knitted with the stitches of the front knitted fabric 51f and the toe portion 67, which are locked by the needles of the front needle bed, are successively stitched from one knitting width to the other. The toes 67 of the sock 51 knitted in a tubular manner are closed to complete the knitting of the sock. By using a flat knitting machine in this way, there is an advantage that a completely seamless sock can be knitted.

[0004] The method of knitting a sock composed of a flat knitting structure has been described above. However, when knitting is performed by mixing face and back stitches such as wide ribs to impart elasticity to the sock, the knitted fabric on the front side is used. When knitting the course, the stitches that appear as a stitch on the surface of the knitted fabric when wearing socks are engaged with the needle of the front needle bed as it is, and the stitch that appears as the back stitch is transferred to the opposing rear needle bed, and the knitting yarn is The knitted fabric on the front side is supplied to perform knitting of the knitted fabric on the front side, and after the knitting of the course, the stitches transferred to the back needle bed for backlining are transferred back to the original front needle bed, so that all of the knitted fabric on the front side is front needled. Lock (attached) to the floor. When the subsequent knitted fabric is knitted in a course, the same method as in the knitting of the front knitted fabric is applied. That is, the stitches appearing on the surface of the knitted fabric when the socks are worn are directly engaged with the needles of the rear needle bed, and the stitches appearing as the back stitches are transferred to the opposing front needle bed. Of knitted fabric
After the course knitting, the stitches transferred to the front needle bed to form the back stitch are transferred back to the original rear needle bed, and the entire rear knitted fabric is locked (attached) to the rear needle bed. Using a so-called two-bed flat knitting machine having one set of needle beds at the front and back, attaching the front knitted fabric to the front needle bed and attaching the rear knitted fabric to the needles of the rear needle bed. Thus, a tubular knitted fabric having a rib knitting structure in which the front and back faces are mixed can be knitted. This is disclosed in detail in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-75656 proposed by the present applicant, and reference is made to it, and description thereof is omitted here. As described above, it is also possible to knit an arbitrary knitting structure into a sock as needed and perform sock knitting with added value.

[0005] In addition, the sock may have another added value by sewing or embroidering a one-point mark after knitting, and these marks are conspicuous when the sock is worn. It is provided on the side that appears on the side of the foot. In general, socks are set so that these marks can be seen and sold at stores.

However, in a sock knitted by the above-described knitting method, as shown in FIG.
At the boundary between the rear knitted fabric and the rear knitted fabric 51b, that is, the point where the knitting yarn reverses the yarn feeding direction from the needle of the front needle bed to the needle of the rear needle bed, or vice versa, corresponds to the line 70 with the ankle. There were the following problems to come. The line 70 is arranged so that the stitch at the end of knitting of the course knitting and the stitch at the beginning of knitting of the next knitting are adjacent to each other. Since it is different, adjustment of the knitting machine is required. In addition, when the knitting is performed by attaching the elastic yarn to the ground yarn, the elastic yarn of the additional yarn appears at one of the boundary portions in a conspicuous place on the surface, which impairs the appearance of the sock. In addition, in the case where a knitting pattern such as a rope pattern that intersects the adjacent stitches across the ankle line 70 as one point during sock knitting, the knitting constituting the rope pattern is present over the front and rear needle beds. The data creation becomes complicated and the knitting efficiency may be reduced. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, after the toe portion 67 is knitted following the rear knitted fabric 51b, the back knitted fabric 51b and the front knitted fabric 51f are formed with a bind-off stitch to join them together with a bind-off knitting. The bind-off line 73 appears on the surface side when the sock is worn, which impairs the appearance of the sock.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method of knitting a sock which does not impair the appearance of the knitted fabric or toe on the side of the ankle which is conspicuous when the sock is worn. I do.

[0008] Further, a knitting method of a sock that fits a human body at a high level without impairing the aesthetics of a knitted design such as a wide rib or a cross pattern provided on the sock by reducing the diameter of the cylindrical body and reducing the diameter by knitting is provided. The purpose is to:

It is another object of the present invention to provide a sock knitting method having a toe portion that fits a toe.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the knitting pattern of the sock is developed on the needles on the needle bed such that the front edge and the rear edge are knitted by the needles at both ends of the knitting area when the sock is worn. , Knit the ankle from the mouth of the socks,
At the place where the heel part is formed, the knitting of the front knitted fabric is interrupted, the knitted width of the back knitted fabric is turned back, the knitting width is gradually reduced by knitting, and subsequently the knitting width is increased and formed, then through the heel part The portion leading to the toe portion is tubularly knitted, and at the toe portion, the knitted fabric on both sides is moved toward the stitch of about 3 to 8 wales at the center of the toe to reduce the knitting width. after the toe carried out concurrently the inner reduce the outer Herashi was molded into a circular arc shape, closed by the bind-off knitting stitches of the central portion located on toe tip. As a result, the portion where the ankle is located is located within the knitting width and deviates from the reversal position in the yarn feeding direction. After knitting the arch and instep, move the outer knitted fabric to the center side while knitting the toe portion in a tubular shape, reduce the knitting width, and then process the knitted fabric in the center part with a blind stitch 3 provided at the center when wearing
A stitch of about 8 wales fits the thickness of the fingertip moderately.

In addition, since the shading portion is reduced and the knitting width is reduced by knitting, a sock that fits well when worn is obtained.

[0012]

In addition, a cross pattern such as a rope is provided at an appropriate position except for the leading edge and the trailing edge of the shin portion. At this time, since the stitches crossed to form the rope pattern exist in one knitted fabric within the knitting width, the knitting data creation is not particularly complicated.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a sock knitting method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a high sock 1 as an example of a sock knitted by the knitting method of the present invention. There is no distinction between the right sock and the left sock, and the left and right socks have the same shape. However, here, for convenience of explanation, the socks in FIG. 1 will be described as the right sock. The high socks 1 are bilaterally symmetric when viewed from the front. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a side that appears on the inner crotch side of the high sock 1 shown in FIG. The high socks 1 are composed of a mouthpiece 3, a shank 7 of a shin or inflated shin, an ankle 9, a heel 11, an upper 13 / an arch 15, and a toe 17. The high socks 1 are formed by knitting the whole socks with elastic yarns and elastic yarns to give stretchability to the whole socks and knitting structure of each part.
The mouth 3 is a 1 × 1 rib structure, and the heel 1 after the mouth.
1. The parts excluding the arch 15 and the toe 17 are knitted in a 2 × 2 wide rib structure. In the shank 7, two rows of 2 × 2 rope patterns 27 each composed of a four-wale face are formed as cross patterns. Reference numeral 21 indicates a reduced portion.

As a preferred flat knitting machine for knitting a sock having the above configuration, for example, SWG-V183 (product name) manufactured by Shima Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. is used. FIG.
Shows a knitting pattern (a knitting structure such as a rib and a rope pattern is omitted) of a left half (a portion appearing on the inner thigh) of the high sock 1 for a right foot shown in FIG. 2. And the part which comes to the rear edge part 25 is knitted by the needle at the side end of the knitting width on the needle bed. The knitting pattern of the right half of the sock 1 is developed on the needle on the needle bed so as to overlap with the knitting pattern of the left half. As a result, the side with the ankle when worn is no longer located at the reversal point in the yarn feeding direction, so that the problem of the conventional method in knitting the course is eliminated. Knitted fabric 1 l in the left half of high socks 1
Is attached to the front needle bed and knitted, and the right half knitted fabric 1r is attached to the rear needle bed and knitted. FIG. 4 shows each part a to FIG.
5f shows the state of the course knitting of the left half knitted fabric 1l at f, during which the right half knitted fabric 1r is locked to the rear needle bed (attached)
Indicates the status that is being performed.

Next, the composition of each part will be described. First, after the knitting of the wearing part 3 is performed, the predetermined course is set to 1 × 1
The knitted mouth portion 3 is knitted in a tubular shape with the rib knitting structure.
In order to knit the shank 7 following the cuff 3, the stitches are transferred so that 2 × 2 wide ribs and 2 × 2 rope patterns 27 are knitted from 1 × 1 ribs. After doing this transfer,
The knitting of the shading part 7 is supplied to the heel part 11 in a circular manner until the knitting yarn is supplied in a circular shape, and the knitting is performed in a tubular manner. Move the knitted fabric outside the 21 part so that the reduced stitch appears on the 21 part of the sock. The reduction knitting is a reduction course in which the second back rib of the 2 × 2 wide rib is overlapped with the adjacent second face, and the knitting course in which the second face is overlapped with the adjacent second rib of the wide rib after knitting of the subsequent stitch course. It is carried out by 4 places at each place, and 4 wools are reduced,
One unit of the 2 × 2 wide rib is made to disappear from the knitted fabric. At the stage c in FIG. 3, the number of stitches of 32 wales has been reduced from the number of wales at the start of knitting. In this way, reducing the diameter of the barrel of the shin 7 by the eyes increases the fit when wearing socks. In addition, since the stitch size is not gradually reduced as in the related art because the stitch size is reduced, there is no adverse effect on the design of a rope pattern, a wide rib or the like. In the rope pattern forming section 27, the stitches of each two wales crossed for the rope pattern formation are arranged on the same needle bed.

Next, the heel portion 11 is knitted with a flat knitting structure of the front surface, and a knitting yarn is knitted with the front needle bed in order to knit a stitch course corresponding to the portion 11a with the front needle bed and the portion 11a with the rear needle bed. The turn-over knitting is performed by alternately feeding the rear needle bed while inverting it into a C-shape. During this time, the needles that lock the knitted fabric following the upper 13 located on the left side of the front and rear needle beds remain in a rest state and do not knit the course. After the knitting of the heel portion 11 is completed, the knitting yarn is supplied in a circular shape again, and the knitting of the upper portion 13 / the arch portion 15 is performed. Next, in the toe portion 17, knitting is performed to reduce the knitting width together with knitting of the stitch course. In the reduction knitting, the knitted fabrics on both sides are moved toward the stitch 31 in the center, and the knitting width is reduced. The knitting width is gradually reduced, and the knitting width is gradually reduced. By performing the operations in parallel, the reduction ratio is increased, and the knitting is repeated so that the stitches of the knitted fabrics on both sides are brought close to the stitches 31 at the center to form the toe portion in an arc shape. It is preferable to provide a stitch of about 3 to 8 wales as the stitch 31 at the center, and in the present embodiment, 4 stitches are used at 7 gauge. After the above reduction, toe tip 1
The stitch knitting is performed on the stitch 31 at the center located at 7a, the toe portion 17 is closed, and the knitting yarn is prevented from unraveling, thereby completing the knitting of the high socks 1. Reference numeral 32 in the drawing indicates a bind-off line. FIGS. 5 and 6 show the toe portion 17 of the sock 1 knitted in this manner. FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of the toe portion of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 shows an enlarged view of the toe portion 17 viewed from above when worn. By knitting the toe portion 17 in this manner, the stitch 31 provided at the center portion at the time of wearing appropriately fits the thickness of the fingertip, and the bind-off line 32 appears at the tip of the toe, so that the appearance at the time of wearing is not impaired. .

[0018]

According to the present invention, as described above, when the sock is worn, the sides appearing on the front edge and the rear edge are knitted with the needles on the side of the needle bed, and the sock is worn from the mouth to the toe via the ankle and the heel. The part leading to the part is tubular knitted, so the ankle part that is conspicuous when wearing socks does not reverse the yarn feeding direction, so the appearance may be impaired like a conventional heeled sock in this part Absent. Furthermore, in the toe, the center
The stitches of about 3 to 8 wales are closed by the off-set knitting, so the 3 to 8 wales provided at the center when worn are used.
The stitches of the order of magnitude fit into the thickness of the fingertips moderately and the protruding stitch line appears on the tip end side of the toe, so that problems such as the conventional socks can be solved without impairing the appearance when worn.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a high sock as an example of a sock knitted by the knitting method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the high sock of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a knitting pattern corresponding to a side surface portion of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a course formation in each part of a to f of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the toe portion of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a toe viewed from above when wearing socks.

FIG. 7 shows a knee sock knitted by a conventional method.

8 shows a knitting pattern of the high socks of FIG. 7, in which the left shows a front knitted fabric with an upper, and the right shows a rear knitted fabric with a heel.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a toe viewed from above when wearing socks.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... high socks, 1l ... left half of high socks, 1r
… The right half of the high socks, 3… the mouth, 7… the sunshine, 9
... ankle, 11, 11a ... heel, 13 ... instep, 15 ... arch, 17 ... toe, 17a ... toe tip, 21 ... reduction point, 23 ... front edge, 25 ... rear edge, 27 ... Rope pattern forming part, 31 ... stitch at the center part, 32 ... stitch line, 51
... Socks, 51f ... Knitted fabric appearing on the front side, 51b ... Knitted fabric appearing on the rear side, 53 ... Slip, 57 ... Sin, 59 ... Ankle, 61,61a, 61b ... Heel, 63 ... Instep, 65
... arch part, 67 ... toe part, 70 ... line, 73 ... prostrate line

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method of knitting a sock which is tubularly knitted by using a flat knitting machine in which a first needle bed and a second needle bed are arranged opposite to each other, wherein a portion serving as a leading edge and a trailing edge when the sock is worn. The knitting pattern of the sock is developed to the needle on the needle bed so that the knitting pattern is knitted with the needles at both ends of the knitting area, the ankle is knitted from the mouth of the sock, and the knitted fabric on the front side is formed where the heel is formed After the knitting of the course is interrupted, the knitted fabric on the rear side is turned back and the knitting width is gradually reduced by knitting, and then the knitting width is increased. In the part, about 3 to 8 wales in the center of the toe
After reducing the knitting width by moving the knitted fabric on both sides toward the stitch, following the inner reduction knitting, on the toe tip side, perform inward reduction and outer reduction in parallel, and shape the toe part into an arc shape,
A knitting method for a seamless sewing sock, wherein the stitch at the central portion located at the tip of the toe is closed by binding off. 2. A knitting method for a seamless sewing sock according to claim 1, wherein a portion from a mouth portion to an ankle portion of the sock is reduced and a knitting width is reduced by knitting. 3. A knitted cross-pattern such as a rope pattern is formed at an appropriate position except a front edge and a rear edge of a portion from a mouth portion to an ankle portion of a sock.
The knitting method of the seamless sewing sock described in 1.