IMPROVING THE AESTHETIC ASPECT OF A KNITTED PRODUCT FOR WOMEN

Abstract

These days fashion is in a continuous advancement and the producers are looking to adapt to the needs of the market. Due to this tendency they resort to different techniques and procedures for making, finishing and decorating the clothing products. In this sense, computerized graphical programs can be used to increase productivity and improve the quality and design of the products made. This paper comes as a response to these needs, completing the knitting process of a clothing product with embroidery techniques. The product is represented by a woman's knitted jacket, made in 2:2 lincs structure cred ca așa e, being a knitwear with three-dimensional effect. The chosen yarn is 50% wool, 50% acrylic, fineness 2/25. The product presented in this work was made on the SES 122FF flat knitting machine, the fineness 8 E. This is a machine with electronic control and selection, with two knitting systems and a useful width of 90" (229 cm). The machine is fitted with a presser foot with two systems of integrated cams. The DSCS device (patented by Shima Seiki). These knitting machines use the knitting programs, the SDS-One graphics station or the latest generation APEX graphics station. After the product has been completed, the embroidering step has been finished. This stage highlights the degree of difficulty of embroidery on a three-dimensional knit.

Keywords

• Knit
• Embroidery
• Knitting design