EFFECT OF WALE-WISE INCREASED TUCK AND MISS LOOPS ON SPIRALITY OF SINGLE JERSEY KNIT FABRICS

Md. Azharul Islam

Abstract: Derivatives of single jersey can be produced by combining the tuck and miss loops in both wale and course direction. But wale wise increment of tuck and miss loops are mostly practiced. This paper focused on spirality which is a common fault of knit fabrics. The wale wise increment of tuck and miss loops, individually have effects on spirality. Total nine single jersey derivatives were knitted to observe the changes. From total study it was perceived with the increment of tuck and miss loops spirality increases and higher spirality was found for miss loop fabrics (10%, 12.8%, 4.8% and 6.3%) than tuck loop fabrics (2%, 4%, 0.9% and 2%). It was also found that an all knit course insertion on pique and cross miss designs reduce the spirality almost to half for lacoste and locknit designs. It means that higher presence of knit loops can reduce the spirality.

Keywords: Tuck loop, Miss Loop, spirality, and single jersey derivatives

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0303080