A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.

A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.

A single-faced pile fabric is disclosed, including a plain knitted face and a pile face, a yarn of the plain knitted face has a shrinkage of 14-16%, a yarn of the pile face has a shrinkage of 9-10%, and a connection yarn configured for connecting the plain knitted face and pile face has a shrinkage of 29-31%.

A knitted article, having a basic knitted fabric which is knitted from at least one basic knitted fabric thread, and at least two plush threads which are plated on the basic knitted fabric thread and which configure first and second plush loops, wherein the first and the second plush loops have dissimilar heights.

A knitted article, having a basic knitted fabric which is knitted from at least one basic knitted fabric thread, and at least two plush threads which are plated on the basic knitted fabric thread and which configure first and second plush loops, wherein the first and the second plush loops have dissimilar heights.

A circular knitting machine includes a needle-holding cylinder, having longitudinal grooves arranged around a central axis and housing a plurality of needles, and a needle-holding ring having radial grooves housing a plurality of holding-down sinkers, wherein each needle is paired with at least one respective adjacent sinker so as to form a needle-sinker assembly. Each needle-sinker assembly includes a pre-selection element paired with the respective needle and comprising a connecting portion and an activation element comprising an operating portion. The pre-selection element is vertically movable to a pre-selection configuration in which the connecting portion is engaged into a connecting seat defined in the sinker. The activation element is horizontally movable, towards the central axis, until acting upon the pre-selection element, so that the connecting portion causes in its turn a movement of the sinker in the radial groove towards the central axis, thus performing an activation of the sinker.

A circular knitting machine includes a needle-holding cylinder, having longitudinal grooves arranged around a central axis and housing a plurality of needles, and a needle-holding ring having radial grooves housing a plurality of holding-down sinkers, wherein each needle is paired with at least one respective adjacent sinker so as to form a needle-sinker assembly. Each needle-sinker assembly includes a pre-selection element paired with the respective needle and comprising a connecting portion and an activation element comprising an operating portion. The pre-selection element is vertically movable to a pre-selection configuration in which the connecting portion is engaged into a connecting seat defined in the sinker. The activation element is horizontally movable, towards the central axis, until acting upon the pre-selection element, so that the connecting portion causes in its turn a movement of the sinker in the radial groove towards the central axis, thus performing an activation of the sinker.

A loop cutting apparatus for a circular knitting machine which has a circular cylinder including a plurality of knitting needles movable independently includes an upper needle dial located on the circular cylinder and a plurality of yarn cutting needle sets radially centered about the axis of the circular cylinder. Each yarn cutting needle set includes a first cutter needle and a second cutter needle movable against the first cutter needle in a first yarn cutting displacement thereof. The first cutter needle has a yarn holding section leaned by a yarn and collaborated with the two abutting knitting needles at two sides to pick up and draw the yarn to form a pile loop and a first cutter section connected to the yarn holding section. The second cutter needle has a second cutter section staggered against the first cutter section in the first yarn cutting displacement to cut the pile loop.

A loop cutting apparatus for a circular knitting machine which has a circular cylinder including a plurality of knitting needles movable independently includes an upper needle dial located on the circular cylinder and a plurality of yarn cutting needle sets radially centered about the axis of the circular cylinder. Each yarn cutting needle set includes a first cutter needle and a second cutter needle movable against the first cutter needle in a first yarn cutting displacement thereof. The first cutter needle has a yarn holding section leaned by a yarn and collaborated with the two abutting knitting needles at two sides to pick up and draw the yarn to form a pile loop and a first cutter section connected to the yarn holding section. The second cutter needle has a second cutter section staggered against the first cutter section in the first yarn cutting displacement to cut the pile loop.

A circular knitting machine for knitting a pile fabric with short stitch length, the circular knitting machine includes a needle dial, a needle bed, a gap formed by the needle dial and the needle bed, knitting needles on the needle dial, crochet needles on the needle bed, a cutter holder, and cutters on the cutter holder and facing the gap. Movement tracks of the crochet needles are crisscrossed with movement tracks of the knitting needles and movement tracks of the cutters. Each of the crochet needles has a butt portion, a hook portion, and a protruding shoulder portion between the butt portion and the hook portion, the protruding shoulder portion forms an eyelet, and the protruding shoulder portion is configured to be capable of expanding a yarn loop on the crochet needles to facilitate the cutters to cut the yarn loop at the eyelet to form a pile.