Patent ID: 7841214

Claim:
A method for producing a knitted neck collar having two folds, comprising the steps of: preparing a flat cut segment from a piece of knitted material; placing an elastic member on the flat cut segment so that the elastic member extends from one end to the other end of the flat cut segment in a lengthwise direction of the flat cut segment; sewing one end and the other end of the flat cut segment together with the elastic member to form a cylindrical cut segment having attached thereto the elastic member; and folding into halves the cylindrical cut segment having attached thereto the elastic member such that the elastic member is inserted in the cylindrical cut segment and two folds of the cylindrical cut segment are flush with each other in a widthwise direction of the cylindrical cut segment, wherein, in a state in which the cylindrical cut segment having attached thereto the elastic member is folded into halves, the elastic member is positioned contiguous to a folding line of the cylindrical cut segment.