Patent ID: 7430882
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
1. A method of knitting a tubular knitted fabric having a stripe pattern, in which the tubular knitted fabric is knitted such that a front side knitted fabric and a back side knitted fabric are connected at side end parts of a knitting width in needle beds by using a flat knitting machine having at least a front and back pair of needle beds, and the tubular knitted fabric includes a part where a first knitted fabric portion and a second knitted fabric portion are continuously knitted by using a front side yarn feeding member and a back side yarn feeding member and switching first and second different yarns to each other for each knitting of a plurality of courses, the method comprising a first knitting step for knitting the first knitted fabric portion and a second knitting step for knitting the second knitted fabric portion to thereby continuously and alternately knit the first knitted fabric portion and the second knitted fabric portion, wherein the first knitting process includes a process of: starting knitting of one course from a part inside an end part of the knitting width of a front side knitted fabric by using the back side yarn feeding member while a knitting yarn forming a cross-over yarn being arranged on an inner face side of a tube of the tubular knitted fabric, and connecting a knitting start point and a knitting end point of the course so as to make it tubular while performing turn-back knitting for a next course, and crossing a first knitting yarn and a second knitting yarn to each other inside the knitting width at a turn-back position; and the second knitting process includes a process of: starting knitting of one course from a part inside an end part of the knitting width of a back side knitted fabric by using the front side yarn feeding member while a knitting yarn forming a cross-over yarn being arranged on an inner face side of a tube of the tubular knitted fabric, and connecting a knitting start point and a knitting end point of the course so as to make it tubular while performing turn-back knitting for a next course, and crossing the first knitting yarn and the second knitting yarn to each other inside the knitting width at a turn-back position.