Abstract: Panties including two tubular limb portions and a tubular body portion formed and joined in a circular knitting machine, wherein the tubular limb portions have their same sides situated outside and are joined on one hand by the body tubular portion and on the other hand are mutually joined. The tubular limb portions may be connected by means of a part in the form of a closed toe.Method of manufacturing the above panties, wherein successively there are knitted and retained three tubular portions of panties mutually slipped into each other in such manner that the tubular portion for the body part is situated between two tubular limb portion. The tubular portion for the body part is joined by knitting on one part of the border circumference with the adjacent part of the border of one tubular limb portions situated at its outer side, and on the other part of the border circumference with the adjacent part of the border of a tubular limb portion situated at its inner side.

Abstract: A method for forming loops on a circular knitting machine having a plurality of needles and sinkers alternately arranged in cooperation with each other. The sinkers are supported on a rotatable ring located exterior of said cylinder, and have a yarn engaging edge extending perpendicular to the needles and a heel at its opposite end. The steps comprising feeding a yarn to the needles, while sequentially moving the needles downwardly within the cylinder to draw the yarn. Simultaneously engaging the sinkers at their heel ends and advancing each of the sinkers toward an associated pair of needles along a straight line direction at an acute angle to the needles synchronously as the needles move downwardly. Thereby the yarn engaging edge is moved vertically upwardly while the edge is maintained perpendicular to said needles. The edge thus engages the yarn and cooperates with the associate needles to form loops from the yarn simultaneously on the associated needles and sinker.