Design and performance evaluation of zoned structures in fully fashioned 3D weft-knitted shoe uppers

Zhijia Dong, Jing Wang, Jiajia Peng, Guangjun Wu, Chaoyu Chen, Pibo Ma, Engineering Research Center of Knitting Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, School of Textile Garment and Design, Changshu Institute of Technology

Textile Research Journal

Published online on May 21, 2025

Abstract

Textile Research Journal, Volume 96, Issue 7-8, Page 751-765, April 2026.
This paper reviews previous knitting techniques for shoe uppers and identifies a common limitation in traditional and current footwear manufacturing methods: the unavoidable need for cutting processes. To address this issue, a novel three-dimensional (3D) ...