Patent ID: 8474288
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A method for knitting a knitted garment comprising a body and two leg pieces, by means of a double-cylinder circular knitting machine having two superimposed cylinders, the method comprising the steps of: knitting at least one part of the body with reciprocating motion of the two cylinders; knitting the leg pieces with a continuous rotary motion of the two cylinders, a first leg piece being knitted by a first of said cylinders and a second leg piece being knitted by a second of said cylinders, wherein an arc of needles is maintained temporarily inactive on each of said two cylinders while knitting said at least one part of the body with reciprocating motion, and said needles temporarily inactive on both cylinders during knitting of at least one part of the body are used to form an interknitting line for joining the two leg pieces.