摘要 |
Fabrics comprising a substrate, a multiplicity of spaced-apart design elements laid on the substrate along non-linear paths in the generally warpwise direction, and knit-stitching composed of parallel rows of stitches forming a series of loop chains are made on a stitch-through type machine equipped with a mechanism for feeding the design yarns to the stitch-forming part of the machine. The design element delivery mechanism includes at least one guide bar positioned substantially parallel to the row of stitch-forming elements and driven back and fourth transversely to the warp direction so that the design elements are guided back and forth past a multiplicity of the needles that form the loop chains. The design elements are bound to the substrate at some points by being pierced by the stitching thread and at other points by being embraced between the loops and laps of the stitching, the piercing or embracing being at random.
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