1996 Volume 37 Issue 9 Pages 481-487
The authors have measured a variation of the stitch area of knit fabrics, with an image analyzer, to determine a systematic dimensional change of the stitch caused by the direction of an external force. A tendency of the variation has been discussed with the following conclusions:
1) A slight deformation and its tendency can be determined by the measurement of a variation of stitch area of knit fabric on which a uniform deformation is exerted.
2) A relationship between the relative area of the neighboring stitches is determined at the time of the first deformation regardless of an external force. Large and small stitches tend to occur alternatively. A stitch with small variation tends to be located next to a stitch with much variation.
3) The distribution of variation depends on the direction of an external force. A space area surrounded by a sinker loop varies more greatly than that surrounded by a needle loop.
