METHOD FOR PREVENTING RAVELING OF KNITTING YARN, AND KNITTED FABRIC

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preventing the raveling of a knitting yarn in which, when the raveling is prevented at a portion where a knitting yarn is changed, a knitting yarn subjected to the process of preventing the raveling does not affect other stitches.SOLUTION: A method for preventing the raveling of a knitting yarn includes the processing of a knitting yarn surplus end portion 29 formed by switching between a first knitting yarn 1 fed from a first yarn feeder and a second knitting yarn 2 fed from a second yarn feeder 4 during the course of knitting a fabric. In an already-knitted fabric portion knitted by using one knitting yarn 1 of either the first knitting yarn 1 or the second knitting yarn 2, split knitting is performed on a specified stitch 12 retained on one needle bed, and a first new stitch 21 is formed by using the second knitting yarn 2 in which the knitting yarn surplus end portion 29 is formed. A second new stitch 22 is formed on the first new stitch 21 by using the second knitting yarn 2. Both sinker loops of the first new stitch 21 are made to intersect one sinker loop 12a of the specified stitch 12. Thus, the second knitting yarn 2 in the middle of a route extending from the knitting yarn surplus end portion 29 to the second new stitch 22 is caught by the one sinker loop 12a of the specified stitch 12, enabling the prevention of the raveling.