Patent ID: 7539555

Claim:
A knitting method of a knit fabric, comprising the steps of: making stitch density on an end portion of a knitted part lower than on the inside of the knitted part by regularly performing a missing operation with a higher frequency at the end portion than on the inside of the knitted part; performing a formation operation of a widened stitch on an empty needle on said end portion, or performing a tuck operation on a needle that holds a stitch, at a rate of once every three to six stitch courses on the inside of said knitted part; reducing the number of stitches formed on a next and subsequent knitting courses by the number of widened stitches formed on said empty needle or by the number of tuck stitches, while leaving said widened stitches or tuck stitches caught on the needle; and knitting subsequently another knitted part on said widened stitches or tuck stitches.