Patent ID: 8141395

Claim:
An article of clothing with aperture, comprising: (a) a yarn knitted into a fabric panel including a base plurality of rows of knit stitches, a descending plurality of rows of knit stitches, and an ascending plurality of rows of knit stitches, said fabric panel having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a first margin and a second margin, wherein said first and second margins are partially adjacent to one another; and (b) an aperture therethrough from said interior surface to said exterior surface, said aperture is disposed in a portion of said first and second margins, wherein said aperture is defined by an aperture first margin and an aperture second margin that respectively replace a portion of said first margin and said second margin, wherein said aperture first margin and said aperture second margin combined form an aperture periphery, wherein said descending and ascending plurality of rows of knit stitches correspond to said aperture first and second margins and said base plurality of rows of knit stitches correspond to said first and second margins remaining after said aperture first and second margins, wherein said descending plurality of rows of knit stitches each decrease by at least a stitch from said base plurality of rows of knit stitches and said ascending plurality of rows of knit stitches each increase by at least a stitch from said descending plurality of rows of knit stitches, wherein said aperture first and second margins form a smooth continuous transition from said exterior surface to said interior surface while having no reduction in fabric panel stretching flexibility.