In recent years, development in the field of knitting tools has seen a focus on the reduction of friction and wear. A knitting tool (1) and a knitting device (27) as described herein are better able to reduce friction in knitting machines and the accumulation of dirt (23) than conventional knitting tools. For this purpose, a functional portion (5) of the knitting tool (1) has subsections (7) in which the absolute value of the gradient of a center-of-gravity line (4) is greater than zero.

In recent years, development in the field of knitting tools has seen a focus on the reduction of friction and wear. A knitting tool (1) and a knitting device (27) as described herein are better able to reduce friction in knitting machines and the accumulation of dirt (23) than conventional knitting tools. For this purpose, a functional portion (5) of the knitting tool (1) has subsections (7) in which the absolute value of the gradient of a center-of-gravity line (4) is greater than zero.

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.

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.

In recent years, development in the field of knitting tools has seen a focus on the reduction of friction and wear. A knitting tool (1) and a knitting device (27) as described herein are better able to reduce friction in knitting machines and the accumulation of dirt (23) than conventional knitting tools. For this purpose, a functional portion (5) of the knitting tool (1) has subsections (7) in which the absolute value of the gradient of a center-of-gravity line (4) is greater than zero.

In recent years, development in the field of knitting tools has seen a focus on the reduction of friction and wear. A knitting tool (1) and a knitting device (27) as described herein are better able to reduce friction in knitting machines and the accumulation of dirt (23) than conventional knitting tools. For this purpose, a functional portion (5) of the knitting tool (1) has subsections (7) in which the absolute value of the gradient of a center-of-gravity line (4) is greater than zero.