Embroidery Digitizing and Pull Compensation

The process of embroidery digitizing has revolutionized the scale and extent to which embroidery can be used these days. A comparison to the days in which manual embroidery reigned the market makes it even clearer how machine embroidery and the digitizing process has helped expand horizons. It has not only widened the number of ways in which embroidery can be used commercially, but has also broadened the types of fabrics that can be embroidered upon. Commercialized embroidery can now be found on everything, from baseball caps to leather jackets and tote bags to designer wear, all thanks to Embroidery Digitizing.

One of the main elements that a digitizer needs to pay attention to while embroidery digitizing is the push and pull factor. Simply put, the impact that each stitch has on a fabric due to the tension created by the thread is termed as the push and pull factor. The stitches can either push the fabric out on the edges or tug it inwards on the sides. Keeping the push and pull in mind while embroidery digitizing is essential, as it dictates how well embroidered the final piece looks. Factors such as stitch type, stitch length, underlay, density, fabric type and number of stabilizers used will have a great impact on the push and pull that would be experienced.

Pull compensation is the adjustment that is made to the width of the fill or satin stitch area in order to reduce any gaps that may occur due to the fill not being wide enough. These gaps, that usually do not show themselves during the Embroidery Digitising stage, could crop up between the outline stitch area and fill stitch area or even between two areas with different kinds of fills when executing the digitized files. Such an adjustment must be made after due visualization or once the quality test evaluation comes out with gaps between the mentioned areas.

One of the most common instances of the need for pull compensation is when a circle with fill stitches is outlined with a straight or satin stitch. Such a combination almost always will leave a gap between the outline and the fill area. The adjustments for pull compensation in such sections of the design can be made by changing the stitch density, stitch direction or even amount of underlay. However, there are certain stitches that one might come across in the process of embroidery digitizing that do not allow any scope for pull compensation, this is because they do not have any width to them like satin or fill stitches. Stitches such as motif outlines, straight stitch or the manual stitch outlines cannot be adjusted for pull compensation. Although if an outline necessarily has to be adjusted, then switching the stitch type to the satin stitch could prove to be a prudent solution.

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