A foot cover knitting method of knitting a foot cover using a flat knitting machine that includes front and rear needle beds capable of relatively racking in a lateral direction and is capable of transfer between knitting needles on the front and rear needle beds, the foot cover comprising: a toe portion on a front end side; a heel portion on a rear end side; a foot portion between the toe portion and the heel portion; and a wearing opening that opens from the foot portion to the heel portion at the top side, the toe portion including a five-barrel portion knitted in a rounded manner at its rear edge from a top side to a sole side, the heel portion including one or more gore lines on each of opposite sides, the method comprising: a five-barrel portion knitting step of feeding knitting yarn to the knitting needles on the front and rear needle beds in a rounded manner to knit the five-barrel portion; a foot portion knitting step of, subsequent to the five-barrel portion knitting step, feeding yarn to an edged-ring-shaped needle row on which loops of an edged-ring portion on a last course of the five-barrel portion except a top-side center portion are engaged, in a state where loops on a last course of the five-barrel portion are engaged on the knitting needles of the front and rear needle beds in a rounded manner, and subsequently knitting the foot portion so that a yarn feed direction is switched back at opposite ends of the edged-ring-shaped needle row, while reducing one or more knitting needles fed with yarn at the end of the edged-ring-shaped needle row every time the yarn feed direction is switched, and while adding one or more knitting needles fed with yarn to a transition portion on a laterally identical side of the edged-ring-shaped needle row every time of one reciprocation of feeding yarn to the edged-ring-shaped needle row; a heel portion knitting step of, subsequent to the foot portion knitting step, knitting the heel portion while providing one or more gore lines on the opposite ends; and a wearing opening peripheral portion knitting step of, subsequent to the heel portion knitting step, feeding knitting yarn in a rounded manner to knitting needles on which the loop is left engaged on the knitting needles to knit the wearing opening peripheral portion. a five-barrel portion knitting step of feeding knitting yarn to the knitting needles on the front and rear needle beds in a rounded manner to knit the five-barrel portion; a foot portion knitting step of, subsequent to the five-barrel portion knitting step, feeding yarn to an edged-ring-shaped needle row on which loops of an edged-ring portion on a last course of the five-barrel portion except a top-side center portion are engaged, in a state where loops on a last course of the five-barrel portion are engaged on the knitting needles of the front and rear needle beds in a rounded manner, and subsequently knitting the foot portion so that a yarn feed direction is switched back at opposite ends of the edged-ring-shaped needle row, while reducing one or more knitting needles fed with yarn at the end of the edged-ring-shaped needle row every time the yarn feed direction is switched, and while adding one or more knitting needles fed with yarn to a transition portion on a laterally identical side of the edged-ring-shaped needle row every time of one reciprocation of feeding yarn to the edged-ring-shaped needle row; a heel portion knitting step of, subsequent to the foot portion knitting step, knitting the heel portion while providing one or more gore lines on the opposite ends; and a wearing opening peripheral portion knitting step of, subsequent to the heel portion knitting step, feeding knitting yarn in a rounded manner to knitting needles on which the loop is left engaged on the knitting needles to knit the wearing opening peripheral portion.