Knitting yarn and method of forming a knitted product

Abstract

A knitting yarn used for forming a knitted product without using any knitting tools, such as crochet hooks or knitting needles. The knitting yarn includes a core thread having a length dimension and a plurality of loops affixed to the core thread, at least a first thread and at least a second thread having different structural and/or physical properties than each other; and the loops of the knitting yarn are made of the first thread, and the core thread is made of the second thread.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A knitting yarn used for forming a knitted product without using any knitting tools, comprising:
 a core thread having a length dimension and a plurality of loops affixed to the core thread,   at least a first thread and at least a second thread having different structural and/or physical properties than each other,   wherein, the plurality of loops of the knitting yarn are made of the first thread, and the core thread is made of the second thread.   
     
     
         2 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of loops defines an interior space adapted to receive another loop of the plurality of loops. 
     
     
         3 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of loops comprises a first end and a second end affixed to the second thread. 
     
     
         4 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 3 , wherein the first end and the second end of each of the loops are positioned at a same location or spaced from each other with a predetermined distance, on the second thread. 
     
     
         5 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 3 , wherein the first end of a first loop of the two successive loops, and the second end of a second loop of the two successive loops adjacent to the first end of the first loop, are positioned at a same location or spaced from each other with a predetermined distance, on the second thread. 
     
     
         6 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of loops has a predetermined length extending in a direction. 
     
     
         7 . The knitting yarn according to  claim 1 , wherein the first thread and/or the second thread has a flexible structure. 
     
     
         8 . A method for forming a knitted product from knitting yarn comprising:
 a) arranging the knitting yarn into a plurality of rows, wherein the knitting yarn in each row includes a plurality of pre-arranged loops;   b) threading, by hand and without knitting tools, at least one loop of an arranged second row through an interior space of at least one corresponding loop of an arranged first row;   c) applying threading step (b) to all loops of the first row and the second row; and   d) repeating steps (b) and (c) on successively-arranged second and first rows to form a knitted product by hand and without knitting tools.   
     
     
         9 . The knitting method according to  claim 8 , further comprising associating loops of a final row with each other, wherein, the loops of the final row are obtained by the previous threading step, for binding the loops of the final row once the knitted product is formed. 
     
     
         10 . The knitting method according to  claim 9 , further comprising inserting a first loop of the final row through an interior space of a loop adjacent thereto for obtaining a binding loop; inserting the obtained binding loop through an interior space of other loop adjacent to the obtained binding loop; and applying the inserting step respectively to other loops of the final row, in order to bind off the loops of the final row obtained by the previous threading step, once the knitted product is formed. 
     
     
         11 . The knitting method according to  claim 9 , further comprising inserting a second loop adjacent to a first loop of the final row through an interior space of the first loop of the final row and obtaining a binding loop, inserting another adjacent loop through an interior space of the obtained binding loop, and applying the inserting step respectively to other loops of the final row, in order to bind off the loops of the final row obtained by the previous threading step, once the knitted product is formed. 
     
     
         12 . The knitting method according to  claim 10 , further comprising inserting the upper row of the knitting yarn yet-to-be-knitted through an interior space of a final binding loop, wherein the final binding loop is knitted but not bound-off yet, in order to bind off the final binding loop of the final row. 
     
     
         13 . The knitting method according  claim 11 , further comprising inserting the upper row of the knitting yarn yet-to-be-knitted through an interior space of a final binding loop, wherein the final binding loop is knitted but not bound-off yet, in order to bind off the final binding loop of the final row. 
     
     
         14 . A knitted product formed by the method of  claim 8 .