MODELING OF THE DIMENTIONAL LOOP CONFIGURATION AND THREAD LENGTH CALCULATION
The article deals with the issues of thread length determination in the loop of knitted fabric produced by incomplete interlacing on the basis of rows with patterned leather threads and yarns when rows are successively alternated. The thread length in the loop is examined in three-dimensional space with the account of geometrical parameters of leather thread. That allows to predict thread length in the loop with high accuracy both for the leather threads available in fabrics and knitted fabrics made of traditional filament.