Device and Method for Repairing a Knitted Article

Abstract

The present application describes a device and method for repairing dropped stitches and for correcting errors in previously knitted rows in a knitted article. The knitting repair tool of the present invention comprises a first hook and a second hook at opposite ends of a relatively short elongated shaft for recovering a first stitch and for recovering a second stitch in a knitted article, wherein the second stitch is recovered after the first stitch has been recovered, without releasing the recovered first stitch from the knitting repair tool. The present invention describes various methods for repairing dropped stitches in a knitted article wherein a first dropped stitch that is recovered is not released prior to recovering a second dropped stitch.

1 . A knitting repair tool comprising a substantially rigid elongated shaft of relatively short length having a substantially circular cross-section, the elongated shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first throat tapering to a first hook at the first end of the shaft and the second end having a second throat tapering to a second hook at the second end of the shaft, the first hook and the second hook being of substantially the same dimension as the circular cross-section of the elongated shaft and the first hook substantially aligned with the second hook facing inwardly toward the shaft. 
     
     
         2 . The knitting repair tool of  claim 1 , wherein the length of the elongated shaft is approximately between four inches and five inches. 
     
     
         3 . The knitting repair tool of  claim 1 , wherein the elongated shaft is substantially evenly dimensioned and substantially smooth over its length. 
     
     
         4 . The knitting repair tool of  claim 1 , wherein the first throat of the elongated shaft has a depth substantially greater than a yarn thickness of the knitted article that is being repaired. 
     
     
         5 . The knitting repair tool of  claim 1 , wherein the second throat of the elongated shaft has a depth substantially greater than a yarn thickness of the knitted article that is being repaired. 
     
     
         6 . A knitting repair tool comprising a substantially rigid elongated shaft approximately between four inches and five inches in length and having a substantially circular cross-section, the elongated shaft is substantially evenly dimensioned and substantially smooth over its length, the elongated shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first throat tapering to a first hook at the first end of the shaft the first throat of the elongated shaft having a depth substantially greater than a yarn thickness of the knitted article that is being repaired, and the second end having a second throat tapering to a second hook at the second end of the shaft, the second throat of the elongated shaft having a depth substantially greater than a yarn thickness of the knitted article that is being repaired, the first hook and the second hook being of substantially the same dimension as the circular cross-section of the elongated shaft and the first hook substantially aligned with the second hook facing inwardly toward the shaft.