Patent ID: 7389657

Claim:
A method for producing open-knit fabric with machines for knitting articles provided with a plurality of needles, said open-knit fabric comprising holes, the method consisting in: actuating said plurality of needles for forming, in succession, rows of knitting, and, in order to obtain a hole in said open-knit fabric: after having formed a first row of knitting, transferring a loop of the first row of knitting formed by a first needle to a second needle that is contiguous to said first needle, so as to free said first needle from said loop, in a formation of a second row of knitting adjacent to said first row of knitting, excluding said first needle from knitting in order to form a float loop at said first needle, after having formed the second row of knitting, transferring the loop that is formed be said second needle and belongs to said second row of knitting to a third needle that is contiguous to said second needle, so as to free said second needle as well, actuating said first needle and said second needle so as to resume knitting and forming new loops of a third row of knitting that is subsequent to said second row.