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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2005
Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
A knitting operation and a missing operation are alternately performed at the end portion of a knit fabric around a neck hole to reduce stitch density to less than that on the inside of the knit fabric, the stitch at the end part of the knit fabric is moved every three stitch courses to reduce a knitting width in increments of one stitch, and the stitch is formed at an empty needle resulting from the movement. Knitting conditions are also excellent since a neck hole or an armhole can be formed at a large slope such as two stitches in the horizontal direction every six stitch courses, and holing in the neck hole or an armhole can also be prevented, while, in addition, the wales are not laterally moved on the inside of the knit fabric.