Method of making reversible hooked articles
AssigneeShirley L. Depke
InventorLloyd L. Crowe
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Abstract
Looped tufts of yarn are drawn through proximate openings in a foundation fabric from opposite sides of the fabric and are intertwined in pairs to form square knots that secure opposed tufts of yarn to each other and to the fabric strands separating the proximate openings. The free ends of each pair of knotted yarn tufts extend in opposite directions from opposite sides of the foundation fabric. Such knotted yarn tufts cover both sides of the foundation fabric and form piles on both sides thereof. Different colored yarn tufts may be used and may be arranged to form predetermined decorative patterns on both sides of the article. The patterns on opposite sides of the article can be the same or they can be entirely different.
Claims13
A method of making reversible hooked articles on a base comprising a foundation fabric having crossed strands with openings between adjacent crossed strands, comprising the steps of:
- a. pulling a first looped tuft of yarn part way through one of said openings from one side of said foundation fabric;
- b. pulling a second looped tuft of yarn part way through a proximate opening from the other side of said foundation fabric, the second yarn tuft passing through the loop of the first yarn tuft;
- c. pulling the free ends of one yarn tuft through the loop of the other yarn tuft to form a square knot securing said yarn tufts to each other and to the foundation fabric strands separating said proximate openings;
- d. tightening said square knot;
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- e. repeating steps (a) through (d) over successive proximate openings in said foundation fabric to cover both surfaces of said fabric with symetrically disposed tufts to form piles on both sides of said foundation fabric.
A method of making reversible hooked articles on a mesh base comprising the steps of:
- a. mounting the mesh base on a frame;
- b. positioning the frame in edge relation to an operator so that the operator faces the edge of the frame with one hand at each side of the mesh base;
- c. disposing hooks in each hand of the operator;
- d. using said hooks sequentially to draw looped tufts of yarn from opposite sides of the mesh base through proximate openings in said mesh base;
- e. shifting said hooks in the operator's hand between a projecting hooking position and a retracted palmed position in which the operator's thumb and forefinger are free to manipulate the yarn, without laying down the hooks;
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- f. knotting the looped ends of the tufts together about a strand of the mesh base.
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