Patent ID: 6119487
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A method for knitting a double jersey fabric including rib knitting by a knitting no less than a double knitting by use of a flat knitting machine comprising at lease a pair of oppositely disposed, front and back needle beds and two or more yarn feeders disposed on tracks of yard guide rails on the needle beds to move over the needle beds so as to feed yarns to the needles on the needle beds, characterized in that a piping is provided for at least one side edge portion of the fabric, the method comprising the following steps:(a) introducing one or more needles of each of the front and back needle beds so that knitting of the at least one side edge portion of the fabric on an ending side of a course knitting can be ended with the needle(s) of one of the needle beds and knitting of the at least one side edge portion of the fabric on a beginning side of the subsequent course knitting can be started with the needle(s) of the other of the needle beds; and(b) performing the course knitting either by starting from the yarn feeder disposed on a frontwardly positioned track when the knitting of the at least one side edge portion is ended with the needle(s) of the back needle bed or by starting from the yarn feeder disposed on a rearwardly positioned track when the knitting of the side edge portion is ended with the needle(s) of the front needle bed.