Abstract: Panti-hose knitted as a continuous tube with an area of fabric removed to form the waist opening in which elastic thread is incorporated in the fabric surfaces adjacent the waist opening primarily in those regions which are subject to stretch in the direction of the stitch courses. Elastic thread can also be incorporated in other regions to cause rolling in or folding over of the edges surrounding the waist opening, thereby improving the appearance, and reinforcing threads are also incorporated in some of the regions surrounding the waist opening.