Ladder

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Ladder on a plastic stocking
Darning egg with a tiny latch needle for repeating ladder stitches (1950s, Imra, Germany)
Detail: latch needle head

A ladder is damage to knitted fabrics ( knitted fabrics , knitted fabrics ). If at least one thread breaks, the cohesion of at least one stitch is lost. As a result, the mesh exactly underneath also loses its hold and no longer offers the one exactly underneath. This "loss of context" continues downwards with a gentle pull, it is called a ladder . A thread is often torn by "getting stuck on a pointed object, as a result of pest infestation (eating by clothes moths and fur beetle larvae ) or from material that has become brittle."

A repair or at least the prevention of the progress of the destruction is possible by reattaching or fixing the ladder. This can occur when a piece of knitting by means of a crochet hook happen and sewing, in a nylon stocking z. B. by gluing with nail polish, soap foam or hairspray; This often does not make the damage invisible.

With the advent of silk stockings, artificial stuffers found an additional livelihood. Until the 1960s, it was also possible to bring synthetic stockings with a ladder for repairs. In the GDR , the removal of ladder stitches was still common until the reunification . For a few pfennigs per ladder, the stitches were picked up again with the help of an electric crochet hook (with locking tongue ) and fastened so that the ladder was no longer visible except for the anchoring. The technical term for this activity was "Repassieren", the corresponding businesses were called Repassierwerkstätte or Repassierstube, the profession of Repassier . With the disappearance of the repair workshops, the profession also largely died out. Today repassing is part of the work of the textile product inspector (in Germany).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sabine am Orde: Thins, luxurious, erotic: Perlon. In: Berliner Zeitung . January 30, 1998, accessed June 8, 2015 .

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