Knitting technology, Third Edition

Fig. 15.5
Pelerine stitch.

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Knitting technology
For standard eyelet, a 16-inch diameter machine might have twenty feeds and
five transfer stations, and for close eyelet sixteen feeds and eight transfer stations.
Occasionally, points with one straight member and one curved member have
been employed to produce half sinker loop transfer stitches.
References
1.
lancashire
,
j
.
b
., Patterning with points in full fashioned knitting,
Hos. Trade J.
, (1959), May, 90–100.
2.
anon
., Filet lace sinker wheel machines,
Hos. Trade J.
, (1962), Oct., 102–5.
Further information
anon
., Knitted fabrics for modern underwear,
Hos. Trade J.
, (1963), Jan., 78.
anon
., Web eyelet fabrics,
Hos. Trade J.
, (1961), Aug., 108–9.
lancashire
,
j
.
b
., Stitch transfer fabrics,
Hos. Trade J.
, (1968), April, 62–6.
reichman
,
c
., Fundamentals of loop transfer,
Knit. O’wr Times Yr. Bk.
, (1966), 77, 81, 371.
Fig. 15.6
Pelerine transfer action.
(a)
(b)

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16
Welts, garment sequences and 
knitting to shape
As previously mentioned (Section 8.2), the production of a firm starting welt and
the introduction of shape during knitting are often features of garment-length knit-
ting sequences.
16.1
The welt
A 
welt
is an attractive and secure edge of a knitted article that helps to prevent lad-
dering or unroving of a structure. It is formed either during the knitting sequence
(usually at the start, and parallel to the courses), or as a later seaming operation
during making-up.