Tuck Stitch and it’s Formation Process
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Tuck Stitch and it’s Formation Process
Tuck Stitch
Features of tuck stitch
â–ºA tuck stitch is composed of a held loop, one or more tuck loops and knitted loops.
â–ºIt is produced when a needle holding its loop (T) also receives the new loop, which becomes a tuck loop because it is not intermeshed through the old loop.
â–ºThe tuck loop thus assumes an inverted V or U-shaped configuration.
â–ºThe head of the tuck is visible on the reverse of the stitch.
â–ºThe side limbs of tuck loops thus tend to show through onto the face between adjacent wales.
â–ºTuck stitch structures show a faint diagonal line effect on their surface.
â–ºIn analysis, a tuck stitch is identified by the fact that its head is released as a hump shape immediately the needle loop above it is withdrawn.
â–ºA knitted loop would be required to be separately withdrawn
Tuck stitch formation
Effect of tuck stitches
â–ºFabric with tuck stitches is thicker than knit stitches due to accumulation of yarn in stitches at tucking places.
â–ºThe structure with tuck stitches is wider than with knit stitches as the loop shape has a wider base.
â–ºAs the loop length is shortened, the tuck stitched structure is less extensible.
â–ºDue to thicker in nature, the tuck stitched fabric is heavier in weight per unit area than the knit stitches.
â–ºTuck stitched structure is more porous and open than the knit stitched fabric.
â–ºTuck stitch is also used to get fancy effects by using colored yarns.
â–ºTuck loops reduce fabric length and length-wise elasticity because the higher yarn tension on the tuck and held loops causes them to rob yarn from adjacent knitted loops.
â–ºFabric width is increased because tuck loops pull the held loops downwards, causing them to spread outwards and make extra yarn available for width-wise extensibility.
â–ºFabric distortion and three-dimensional relief is caused by tuck stitch accumulation, displacement of wales, and by varying numbers of tuck and knitted stitches per wale.
â–ºThe tuck stitch may also be employed to produce open-work effects, improve the surface texture, enable stitch-shaping, reinforce, join double-faced fabrics, improve ladder-resistance and produce mock fashion marks.
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Emdad Sarker
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