Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a sock having a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses that form a toe anchor that divides a toe-end opening of the sock into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening by extending across the toe-end opening from a dorsal portion of the toe-end opening to a plantar portion of the toe-end opening. The toe-anchor knit courses are integrally knit with the sock body.

Abstract: Concepts provided are directed to a sock having a toe seam that is primarily located on a lateral side of the sock. The sock may comprise a foot locating feature to ensure that the wearer dons a right footed sock on a right foot and a left footed sock on a left foot so that the toe seam is localized to the lateral side of the wearer's foot when the sock is worn by the wearer.

Abstract: A method of making a knitted shoe includes the steps of: (A) preparing a tube main body having opposite first and second openings; (B) closing the first opening to form a front joined part; (C) cutting an oval shaped opening in the tube main body and closing the same to form a side joined part proximate to the front joined part; (D) preparing and sleeving a three-dimensional rigid foam sleeve on a shoe last; (E) adhering the tube main body to an outer surface of the foam sleeve so as to form a tubular knitted upper; (F) placing the shoe last in an oven for heating; (G) removing the shoe last from the oven; (H) adhering a sole to a bottom side of the tubular knitted upper; and (I) removing the shoe last from the tubular knitted upper.

Abstract: There is provided herein, a sock comprising a toe and/or a heel area, wherein said toe area is divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical. There is also provided, a method for manufacturing a sock comprising forming a toe and/or a heel area divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical.

Abstract: A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material.

Abstract: There is provided a shoe upper that can be produced with high productivity. A heel cover portion (2) and a body portion (3) of a shoe upper (1) are integrally formed in a seamless manner by a knitting pattern. In the top section, a portion having a knitting width of greater than or equal to a predetermined width from an upper end to a lower end, at a position corresponding to a heel of a wearer, is assumed as the heel cover portion (2), and a portion including a remaining portion of the top section, excluding the heel cover portion (2), and the bottom section is assumed as the body portion (3), where an end in a knitting width direction of the heel cover portion (2) and an end in a wale direction of the body portion (3) are connected at positions of edges (L2, L3) on a side surface of the shoe upper (1) of the edges (L1 to L3) to become the boundary lines of the heel cover portion (2) and the body portion (3).

Abstract: A sock has a leg portion, a heel portion, an instep portion, a toe portion, and a pair of lateral metatarsal joint portions where the instep portion meets the toe portion. The sock has a first material thickness at the instep portion and the toe portion, and a second material thickness at at least one of the lateral metatarsal joint portions, wherein the second material thickness is less than the first material thickness.

Abstract: There is provided a footwear having a three-dimensional shape that fits a foot of a wearer regardless of a stretchability of a knitted fabric. A seamless footwear (1) including an instep cover section (3) and a sole cover section (2) is provided. The sole cover section (2) is divided to a heel portion (20) and a sole main body portion (21). A setup portion (1S) or a knitting end portion is formed at a heel side end of the footwear (1), and such setup portion (1S) or the knitting end portion is extended in a height direction of the footwear (1) and also connected to the heel portion (20). The heel portion (20) is formed by a knitting of stacking a stitch row for plural tiers in a wale direction, and gradually differing the number of stitches in a knitting width direction of the stitch row when stacking tiers of the stitch row. The heel portion (20) is formed to a tongue shape in which a width gradually becomes narrower toward a heel side of the footwear (1) according to the change in the number of stitches.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper incorporating a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component includes portions having courses aligned along different knitting directions, including a first knitting direction and a second knitting direction. The knitting direction of the courses transitions gradually from the first direction to the second direction. The knitting direction of the courses of the knitted component is configured to be aligned so as to distribute forces acting on the knitted component when the article of footwear is worn during a sport or athletic activity.

Abstract: A sock includes a foot section and a toe section both formed of knitted fabric, the toe section being provided in the form of a bag having a predetermined shape by mutual joining of circumferential edges of the knitted fabric. A knitted portion of the fabric covers a lateral face of the vicinity of a base of the toe section. A big-toe side end edge of fabric covers at least one of the sole portion and instep portion of the toe section and wraps around to the other on the toe base side and a big-toe side join line joining them is located within the plane of the other. The toe section consists of a big toe bag and a four-toe bag. The big-toe bag, which cover the base of the body-center side lateral face of the big toe includes a knitted portion of a knitted fabric is present.

Abstract: An article of clothing includes a waist band, a seat portion, two pant legs, and two foot coverings disposed one each at the end of the pant legs. The foot coverings each include an opening of a size suitable for extending the foot through the foot coverings to the outside while wearing the article of clothing.

Abstract: A foot joint supporter includes a first anchor section for tightening the wearer's lower leg with a tubular knitted fabric, a second anchor section for tightening the wearer's instep and sole with the fabric, and a knitted figure eight section between the first anchor section and the second anchor section, being composed of a foot section and a body section and supporting the wearer's talocrural joint. The foot section includes an instep section covering the wearer's instep and a sole section covering the wearer's sole. A stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the tubular knitted fabric, of the sole section is larger than is the stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the tubular knitted fabric, of the instep section.

Abstract: A knitted sock includes a specially shaped toe with multiple gores and extra fabric length to cover portions of a wearer's toe digits, permitting the sock to assume a relaxed form with reduction of pressure on or along a wearer's toe digits. A sock toe portion may include left and right side boundaries. a first left side gore proximate to the left side boundary, a second left side gore distanced (e.g., inset) from and non-intersecting with the first left side gore, a first right side gore proximate to the right side boundary, and a second right side gore distanced (e.g.

Abstract: A sock includes a knitted fabric covering at least from a toe portion to a heel portion of a wearer. The knitted fabric, which is arranged in a first region covering at least sections, in a sole, corresponding to phalanges and metatarsal heads of the wearer, is formed by stitches that are knitted only by means of a covering yarn, which is a winding yarn wrapped around a core yarn.

Abstract: A method of knitting a sock with a bulbous heel and a square toe is disclosed. A circular sock knitting machine is controlled in four phases to alternately narrow and widen the heel and toe by actuating only some of the needles in the knitting machine. The result is a sock with an expanded Y-gore and a heel and toe of increased size.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine and a method for knitting an article with such a circular knitting machine, wherein the article is at least partially knitting by a reciprocating rotational movement of a needle cylinder in a forward direction and a backward direction. Needle elements are either being moved in axial direction of the needle cylinder by a stationary cam means according to a predetermined path of a stationary cam means or being moved in axial direction of the needle cylinder by a movable cam according to an amended path or being disengaged from the cam means and movable cam. The movement of each needle element near each movable cam can be individually controlled.

Abstract: An article of hosiery having a toe seam has been developed. The hosiery includes a foot portion and a first circumferential toe portion having a first stitch length. A second circumferential toe portion can be adjacent the first toe portion. The second circumferential toe portion has at least two knitted courses with each of the at least two knitted courses having a second stitch length that is less than the first stitch length. There is at least one thread in the first circumferential toe portion that forms the toe seam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a footlet on a circular knitting machine including at least a first (S1) and a second knitting system (S2), wherein a first quadrant is associated with the first knitting system (S1) and a second quadrant is associated with the second knitting system (S2), including the following steps: a) knitting an access opening (12) of the footlet, wherein at least a first (B1a, B1b, B1c), a second (B2) and a third region (B3) are formed in the transverse direction of the access opening (12), wherein a first (A1), a second (A2) and a third section (A3) are formed in the longitudinal direction of the access opening (12), including the following sub-steps: a1) knitting the second region (B2) and the third region (B3) of the first section (A1), within which the knitting system (S4; S2; S2) knitting the second region (B2) engages with the knitting system (S3; S3; S1) knitting the third region (B3), wherein the knitting system (S4; S2; S2; S3; S3; S2) knitting the first

Abstract: A sock includes an air escape route that allows humid air to be expelled to the outside of a shoe. The sock may include a first rib area provided in a ground-touching area of a sole portion of the sock, the ribs being formed in a desired direction. A second rib area, in which ribs are formed in a wale direction, may also be provided in an instep portion of the sock. The ribs of the first and second rib areas may be knitted with alternating knitted pile and knitted mesh fabric. Humid air collecting in areas that do not touch the ground passes through the concave portions of the ribs of the first rib area, and is impelled toward the instep side. Air flowing to the instep side of the sock via the first rib area is expelled to the outside of the shoe via the second rib area.

Abstract: A sock that has a bulge portion (11) extending vertically of the toes that, in the intermediate portion of a toe portion (10) covering the toes, is disposed in the instep (10b) and/or sole (10a) of the foot, whereby when the toes are inserted in the toe portion (10), the bulge portion (11) allows the toe portion (10) to deform easily along the toes, thus making the insertion of the toes smooth at the time of wearing and, on completion of wearing, providing room around the toes by the bulge portion (11) so as to avoid a feeling of excessive tightening.

Abstract: An improved moisture transfer interface for knit products, such as socks. The interface requires a first knit portion comprising predominately hydrophilic yarn and a second knit portion comprising predominately hydrophobic yarn. The first and second knit portions each possess elongated fingers of their respective yarns which are interlocked with one another. Moisture that is absorbed by the hydrophilic first knit portion is wicked into the hydrophobic second knit portion and subsequently evaporates. The interlocked fingers provide a more effective moisture transfer interface than a non-fingered interface.

Abstract: A sock having a foot portion, a leg portion, and a heel portion between the leg portion and the foot portion. The heel portion has a double gore line configured so that the foot portion is at an angle of substantially 90° to the leg portion.

Abstract: Asymmetrical hosiery (10) knitted by a hosiery knitting machine, wherein a tip position (G) of a tip top part (14) is positioned nearer to a big toe side (16), characterized in that a first gusset part (22) is knitted nearer to the big toe side (16) of the tip toe section (14) so as to near a shape of a human foot having a big toe thicker and longer than other toes so that bulge of the tip toe section (14) on the big toe side (16) can be made larger than that of a little toe side (18), and that a second gusset part (24) is knitted nearer to the big toe side (16) following the first gusset part (22) so as to extend the big toe side (16) without substantially extending the little toe side (18) of the tip toe section (14).

Abstract: The method comprises using a set of contiguous needles of the needle cylinder; actuating the needle cylinder with an alternating rotary motion about its own axis, through a rotation angle making the knitting needles to pass in front of n feeds or drops of the machine which are used to form the pouch; gradually decreasing the needles made to knit at least one of the n feeds, excluding every time needles located at the lateral ends of the set in at least one step of the knitting process; and gradually increasing, at the lateral ends of the set, the needles that are made to knit at least one of the n feeds in at least one other step of the knitting process.

Abstract: A knitted sock has an inner layer 2 comprising a toe end 4 and an outer layer 3 comprising a toe end 7. The inner and outer toe ends are aligned and joined wale stitch to wale stitch to form a composite toe end, which is closed to provide a flat toe seam 10. The layered sock is manufactured complete in a single process being knit continuously from the inner toe end to the outer toe end. It comprises reciprocated heel and toe portions. The foot portion of the inner layer is knit from a yarn with properties such as a low coefficient of friction and/or antifungal/antibacterial properties. The low friction fiber is a fluoropolymer such as polytetrafluroethylene. The outer layer may comprise a cushion structure.

Abstract: An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control are all managed by the sock construction. The moisture management sock has a toe portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; a heel portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; and alternating rings of hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarn located between said toe portion and said heel portion. Moisture absorbed from the wearer's foot by the hydrophilic yarn is transferred by wicking action into the hydrophobic rings and then to the leg portion to be evaporated therefrom.

Abstract: Novel gels and gel composites for direct contact with the body and capable of substantially preventing the generation moisture from said body in extreme cold weather use.

Abstract: A method for facilitating in seaming closed an open end of a generally tubular structure is described. The method involves providing first and second handles extending from opposite sides of an open end of the tubular structure, extending the first and second handles in opposing directions to thereby flatten the tubular structure upon itself and align opposing faces of the tubular structure so that the open end terminates along a common edge. The open end can then be seamed by sewing or other securement methods, to thereby form a closed end on the tubular structure. The first and second handles can be integrally formed as a bridge extending across the open end of the tubular structure, and subsequently severed to form a free end on each of the handles. The tubular structure can be circular knit, with the bridge being formed during the knitting process through the formation of long floats extending a substantial distance around the circumference of the open end of the tubular structure.

Abstract: A process of rotary knitting a tubular blank with a knitted pocket or pockets such as a heel or toe portion on a multi-feed circular knitting machine and products made by the process. The blank is preferably first knit with continuous courses of stitches on all needles, then with rotary knitting continuing on partial courses to form a pocket on one side of the blank while no other knitting on the blank is taking place. Each partial course has at its start a selected number of yarn end securing stitches such as tuck stitches, then a selected number of stitches to substantially form the partial course, and then a selected number of securing stitches at the end of the partial course, the purpose of the securing stitches being to lock in the yarn at the beginning and end of the partial course.

Abstract: Socks having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order wherein first gore lines extending obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portions of the heel part are formed on the heel part next to the leg part from first and second trapezoidal knit fabrics whose top sides are common to each other, and a third trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side whose length is equal to the length of a bottom side of the second trapezoidal knit fabric at portions of the first gore lines rather near to the toe part is knitted next to the second trapezoidal knit fabric. Further, a fourth trapezoidal knit fabric is knitted continuously to the bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric, and second gore lines are formed between the bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric and inclined sides of the fourth trapezoidal knit fabric of the socks.

Abstract: An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control are all managed by the sock construction. The moisture management sock has a toe portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; a heel portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; and alternating rings of hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarn located between said toe portion and said heel portion. Moisture absorbed from the wearer's foot by the hydrophilic yarn is transferred by wicking action into the hydrophobic rings and then to the leg portion to be evaporated therefrom.

Abstract: A method of manipulating a garment on a knitting machine includes the steps of orienting the garment with an opening disposed relative to one end on the knitting machine; and knitting a bridge across the opening of the garment. The bridge is affixed to the garment at a first and second site. The first and second sites are disposed near the opening. The exact positioning of the first and second sites relative to the opening are predetermined in accordance with the orientation of the garment on the knitting machine. The first site opposes the second site. The method of manipulating the garment further includes the step of dividing the bridge forming a first and a second handle. The first and second handle are fixed at the first site and the second handle is affixed at the second site. The first and second handles are useful for further processing the garment.

Abstract: A hosiery, whose shape is quite similar to that of a foot of a man and which never presses the big toe, the hosiery includes a cylindrical section; a toe section being forwardly extended from a front end of the cylindrical section, wherein a front tip point of the toe section is located on a big toe side with respect to a center line of the hosiery; and an additional section being formed in the toe section, wherein thickness of the toe section including the additional section is thicker than that of other parts of the toe section and the additional section is located on the big toe side with respect to the center line of the hosiery.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a tubular hosiery item with a closed end, with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine having a pivoting semicircular plate having radially sliding hooks, including alternately rotating the needle cylinder for moving the needles of a first half of the needle cylinder and the hooks of the overlying semicircular plate to pass in front of a feed of the machine; the extracted hooks forming a support for a thread dispensed at the feed, actuated needles being actuated so as to take up the thread and be alternated with inactive needles, subsequently swapping the actuated needles with the inactive needle when the motion of the needle cylinder is reversed; a first needle of the needles of a second half of the needle cylinder is also made to pass in front of the feed to take up the thread, in order to allow both end hooks of the hooks of the semicircular plate to engage the thread; retracting the hooks of the semicircular plate so as to retain the engaged thread; forming heel knitting with

Abstract: A single-cylinder circular hosiery-making or knitting machine particularly for manufacturing tubular items closed at one of their axial ends, having a needle cylinder and a circular plate which coaxially faces the needle cylinder in an upward region. The circular plate is composed of two halves, a first half of which is pivoted to a first supporting structure about a diametrical axis which is substantially parallel to the diametrical connecting plane of the two halves of the circular plate. The first half of the circular plate is also provided with radial grooves which accommodate pairs of hooks which can be actuated along the corresponding groove so as to engage or release loops or portions of loops of knitting formed by the needles of the needle cylinder.

Abstract: A foot protector for providing cushioning comfort and support to the foot of a wearer is described. The foot protector has a toe portion, a ball portion and an instep portion, and a pad positioned on the ball portion. The pad has an arcuate front edge, and the pad is positioned on the foot protector such that the arcuate front edge of the pad is located proximate the juncture of the toe portion and the ball portion, such that the transition from the padded region to the relatively less padded region is positioned below the toe joints, where it is not readily felt by the wearer. The padding can be formed during the knitting process, with the padding being formed by a plurality of terry loops.

Abstract: A forward lean sock, that is particularly suited to snowboarding is provided. The snowboarding sock includes a woven sock body having a leg section and a foot section joined by a heel and front arch. The heel includes a Y-heel construction that provide an enhanced pouch of material at the heel to remove tension at the opposing front arch so that bunching is minimized in a forward lean position. The toe section can include reduced padding or a flat weave with no padding to provide more freedom of toe movement for the wearer.

Abstract: A method of making a sock especially adapted for use as a ski sock. The sock is designed to avoid sock pull down or drag down problems by utilizing a stabilizing band of elastic yarn knit in plated relationship with the body yarn and extending around the apex of the heel. The method of manufacturing this split-heel construction uses a circular hosiery knitting machine having short, medium and long butt needles. The needles are selectively lifted out of and dropped in to the knitting track of the machine to form the desired split-heel which prevents sock ride down.

Abstract: The tubular knit product with a pocket and a method for forming the pocket using reciprocating motion in tubular knit hosiery manufacturing. The method uses a circular knitting machine fed by a plurality of yarn feeds which all participate in the formation of the pocket by a reciprocating motion. During the reciprocating motion, part rows of stitches from yarns of the various feeds are formed in a sequence on a course. For the next preceding opposite course, the part rows of stitches from the yarns of the various feeds are formed in a sequence which is opposite. For each subsequent course, the sequence is opposite to the preceding course, and the course direction is opposite (reversed). On each successive reversed course, the yarns of the various feeds form rows which progressively decrease in a first part of the construction of the pocket and progressively increase in a second part of the construction of the pocket.

Abstract: Moisture control characteristics are imparted to the sock of the present invention by body yarn knit in successive courses throughout the leg and foot. A hydrophobic yarn is knit in plated relationship with the body yarn in partial courses extending throughout the sole, and hydrophilic yarn is knit in plated relationship with the body yarn in partial courses extending throughout the instep whereby moisture generated by the foot of the wearer is wicked and transported from the sole and into the instep to be evaporated therefrom. Cut free ends extend from the endmost stitch loops in wales along the juncture of the sole and the instep while cut free ends of the hydrophilic yarn extend from endmost stitch loops in wales along the juncture of the sole and instep so that the endmost stitch loops at opposite ends of the partial courses of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic yarns are formed in adjacent wales and are not knit in plated relationship with each other in the same courses.

Abstract: An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control, as well as stretch and cushioning, are all managed by the sock construction. The toe and heel portions are knit predominately, or entirely, of hydrophilic yarn while the instep portion extending therebetween is knit of hydrophobic yarn so that moisture absorbed from the wearer'foot by the hydrophilic yarn in the toe and heel portions is transferred by wicking action into the hydrophobic yarn in the instep portion to be evaporated therefrom.

Abstract: Several pairs of tubular articles are formed on two circular fixed fronts of needles using threads reciprocating transfer mechanism. The articles are alternatively formed by the two fronts by using sets of needles whose number may also vary. By using adjacent sets of needles, the two tubular, leg-shaped articles of each pair are successively formed to make up a body, that is, the panties portion for a pantyhose garment.

Abstract: A hosiery knitting method and apparatus wherein contoured terry-type heel and toe areas are circularly knit on a four station hosiery machine by arranging one station to knit complete terry courses on all needles and sinkers and arranging the other three stations to knit partial terry courses on only a group of selected successive needles and associated sinkers. To insure proper plating for terry knitting when reintroducing the yarns at the three other stations, a number of needles preceding and succeeding the needles selected to knit are operated to tuck the base yarn to constrain it onto the lower sinker surface.

Abstract: The triple layer fabric extends throughout at least a substantial portion of the foot portion and provides improved cushioning and moisture-absorbing characteristics thereto. The sock can be knit on a conventional hosiery knitting machine with very little modification being required. The inside and outside fabric layers of the foot are knit of hydrophobic yarn and the intermediate layer is knit at least in part of hydrophilic yarn so that moisture from the foot is wicked through the inner layer and into the intermediate layer where the moisture is absorbed and then wicked and evaporated through the outside layer. The triple layer in the foot of the sock maintains the foot of the wearer in a dry condition and provides cushioning for at least the ball and toes of the foot of the wearer.

Abstract: A reinforced toe with varying density is provided for hosiery articles such as sheer stockings, pantyhose and the like so that there is no sharply contrasting line of demarcation between the sheer fabric in the foot portion and the reinforced fabric in the toe pocket and while providing full reinforcement in the area of the toe pocket at the ends of the toes where the need is greatest. The reinforced toe is produced by knitting a reinforcing yarn in plated relationship with the body yarn in spaced-apart courses in a first group of courses adjacent the sheer foot and knitting the reinforcing yarn in more closely spaced courses of a second group of courses adjacent the closed end of the toe pocket. This arrangement provides a gradual or stepped transition from the sheer fabric of the foot to the relatively heavy fabric at the closed end of the toe pocket and provides the reinforced toe with varying or increasing fabric density from the foot to the closed end thereof.

Abstract: The present athletic socks are particularly suitable for jogging and running and are provided with shock absorber cushion pads in the heel (11), ball (15), and in the inner portion (16a) of the arch area (16) and being formed by a sufficiently greater amount of yarn being knit in these portions than the amount of yarn knit in the outer portion of the arch (16b). The shock absorber cushion pads protect and cushion the heel, ball and inner portion of the arch of the wearer's foot and reduce the shock normally imparted to the heel, ball and inner portion of the arch of the foot so that normal articulation of the bones in the feet takes place when the wearer is jogging and running. The shock absorber cushion pads are illustrated as being formed by providing a greater density of terry loops in the heel (11), ball (15), and inner portion (16a) of the arch than in the outer portion (16b) of the arch to enhance the cushioning provided in the corresponding portions of each sock.

Abstract: A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desired characteristics. A textured, relatively dull, nylon yarn is employed in knitting sheer leg and foot portions and then by yarn change a substantially non-textured, heavier, strand heat cured, relatively bright, nylon yarn is employed to knit the toe portion. An overall compatible yarn and fabric dye affinity is achieved which produces a sheer hosiery product having both a reinforced toe and an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness in the leg, foot and toe portions, as worn.

Abstract: A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desired characteristics. A textured, relatively dull, nylon yarn is employed in knitting sheer leg and foot portions and then by yarn change a substantially non-textured, heavier, strand heat cured, relatively bright, nylon yarn is employed to knit the toe portion. An overall compatible yarn and fabric dye affinity is achieved which produces a sheer hosiery product having both a reinforced toe and an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness in the leg, foot and toe portions, as worn.

Abstract: In a circular-knit, closed end tubular article, for example, a stocking or a sock, the opposite-lying loops of the linking course at the closing end are successively embraced by a linking thread and are drawn thereby together until their complete closure is aligned, thus forming a linear seam, the end of such articles being closed by laying of the linking thread in selected needles which are alternately operated on the opposite sides of a cylinder; as the thread is being pulled out, it brings together the opposite-lying loops of the linking course until their complete closure is aligned to form the linear seam which is scarcely visible on the article and its appearance resembles a looping seam.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a tubular fabric such as stockings and the like having a closed toe by knitting same on a circular knitting machine having two needle beds in which two layers are formed when reaching the toe, the two layers then being twisted relative to each other through at least 180.degree. and then joined by a connected course so that a welt is formed whereby the stocking is more comfortable.