Abstract:
A method of packaging a product comprising knitting a thread into a generally tubular open knit mesh and feeding a product into the mesh as the mesh is being knitted. This produces a packaged article comprising a plurality of products contained within an open knit thread mesh. The products may be released by unraveling the mesh at one end by drawing a thread of the mesh away from the mesh to release a product as required. There is also disclosed a circular knitting machine comprising a cylinder having a plurality of knitting needles about the periphery thereof arranged to knit a generally tubular thread mesh wherein the needles are spaced about the periphery of the cylinder and operate so as to produce an open knit mesh.