Patent ID: 7383705
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A method of knitting a tubular knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine provided with at least a pair of front and back needle beds such that a front knitted fabric belonging to the front needle bed and a back knitted fabric belonging to the back needle bed are continuously formed on both sides in a knitting width and such that the number of wales is different between the front knitted fabric and the back knitted fabric, comprising: a step on one side of carrying out turning such that the knitted fabrics caught on the needle beds on both sides have an equivalent number of wales, in which between continuous portions between a knitted fabric having a larger number of wales and a knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales, the continuous portion on one side in the knitting width is positioned between the pair of front and back needle beds, the needle bed to which the knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales belongs catches the knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales, the continuous portion on the other side, and an end portion of the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales, and the needle bed to which the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales belongs catches the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales except for the end portion; and a step on the other side of carrying out turning such that the knitted fabrics caught on the needle beds on both sides have an equivalent number of wales, in which between the continuous portions between the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales and the knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales, the continuous portion on the other side in the knitting width is positioned between the pair of front and back needle beds, the needle bed to which the knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales belongs catches the knitted fabric having a smaller number of wales, the continuous portion on the one side, and an end portion of the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales, and the needle bed to which the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales belongs catches the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales except for the end portion, wherein the step on the one side and the step on the other side are alternately repeated, the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales is provided with a joint, within a range in which the joint is caught on the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales in both of the step on the one side and the step on the other side, in the step on the one side, in the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales, a portion on the one side from the continuous portion on the one side to the joint is knitted, in the step on the other side, in the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales, a portion on the other side from the continuous portion on the other side to the joint is knitted, and the portion on the one side and the portion on the other side in the knitted fabric having a larger number of wales are linked to each other at the joint.