WELT-SEAMING METHOD EXCELLENT IN STRETCHABILITY

摘要

When forming a shape welt-seam loop during welt-seaming, an intermediate wale loop formed by using a wale needle between a wale loop downstream of a welt-seam loop and a wale loop upstream of the welt-seam loop is formed with twice the number of courses for the wale loop between the downstream-side and upstream-side wale loops. When a force is applied to a knitting fabric, yarns are pulled out of the intermediate wale loop to expand the downstream-side and upstream-side wale loops, thereby forming a welt-seam portion excellent in stretchability.