3.

2 Sequence of loop formation

3.2.1 Single bed :

3.2.1.1 Loop formation on single flat bed :
The sequence is depicted in Fig. 36

Fig.36: Loop formation on Single Flat bed

At the outset (Fig. 36a) the latch needle (1), housed in a bed with verge (3) is supporting a wale line (2). The mo
its butt makes it move from left to right.

In the process, the loop resting within the needle throat and prevented from moving with the needle due to take
acting downwards, slides along the inner wall of the needle and flips the latch open (Fig. 36b). During its furthe
movement, the needle comes across the feeder 4. (Feeders on weft knitting machines guide the yarn along cours
hence must move from needle to needle; alternately the needles must move past a feeder one by one). Moreover
rides along the inner wall of the latch and slips off onto the needle stem (Fig. 36c). This process is also termed a

The yarn fed to the needle is gripped as the needle starts its return journey (Fig. 36d). The loop slides below the