Christina T Kaczmarczyk

US Patent:

57972834, Aug 25, 1998

Filed:

May 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/855994

Inventors:

Christina T. Kaczmarczyk - Williamstown MA

Assignee:

Novtex Corp. - North Adams MA

International Classification:

D04B 2308
D04B 2310

US Classification:

66193

Abstract:

A crochet knitted decorative ribbon is formed of longitudinally alternating integral first and second sections. Throughout the length of the ribbon, there exists a plurality of side-by-side, longitudinally extending continuous warp yarns. Further, throughout the ribbon, a continuous weft yarn interconnects adjacent warps at connecting points defined by chain stitches at alternating intervals. The first sections constitute flat solid pattern sections, with the weft yarns extending sinusoidally across the full width of the ribbon and longitudinally over the full length of the section. In each second section, continuous weft yarn portions interconnect only given sets of at least one warp yarn at connecting points defined by chain stitches at alternating intervals, leaving free longitudinal spaces between respective adjacent strands. Preferably at least two warp yarns of a strand have shrink-back properties which are sufficiently different from each other, so that upon transverse severance of the strands, the severed ends of the strands curl up to produce a pleasant, aesthetic curled fringe along at least one transverse edge of a first section of the ribbon.