Abstract A method of fabricating a knitted panel or strip for use in manufacturing sweaters of the button or zipper-front type having a continuous knit on border with no seams on the neckline including the steps of knitting strips of cloth on a circular or flat bed machine having a continuous border at one edge thereof, folding the cloth double and placing a pattern thereon, cutting the doubled cloth to the pattern without interfering with the continuity of the border at the folded portion thereof, said border constituting said continuous knit on border in a sweater which is finished by utilizing the required cutting and sewing operations. The invention further includes the method of fabricating a knit pocket in the knit panel or strip including the steps of knitting an enclosed tubular stitch or pocket which is completely closed on all sides, utilizing any desired stitch to knit portions of said panel which extend from all sides surrounding said tubular stitch, severing the last course on top of said tubular pocket from the first needle or wale of said tubular course to the last needle or wale of said tubular course on one side only to provide a pocket opening, and applying any type of welt or edging to the marginal front edge of the pocket defined by the cut course.
A method of fabricating a sweater including a knit panel having a continuous knit-on border along an edge thereof, said edge constituting the neckline and front edges of a button- or zipper-front type sweater, comprising the steps of: A. knitting a cloth having a continuous knit-on border along an edge thereof; B. folding the cloth double along a fold line substantially perpendicular to said edge; and C. cutting through the double layer cloth along a line extending in the direction of said edge without interfering with the continuity of the border at the foldline to form the knit panel having said continuous knit-on border.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A method of fabricating a sweater including a knit panel having a continuous knit-on border along an edge thereof, said edge constituting the neckline and front edges of a button- or zipper-front type sweater, comprising the steps of: A. knitting a cloth having a continuous knit-on border along an edge thereof; B. folding the cloth double along a fold line substantially perpendicular to said edge; and C. cutting through the double layer cloth along a line extending in the direction of said edge without interfering with the continuity of the border at the foldline to form the knit panel having said continuous knit-on border.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 1, comprising the additional steps of placing a pattern on the said doubled cloth prior to cutting, said pattern having a configuration of one-half of the desired knit panel and said double cloth layer being cut to conform to the shape of the pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 2, wherein said pattern covers said border continuous with said foldline.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1, wherein said knit cloth is knitted in the configuration of a cylinder open at each end with the border positioned along one circular end thereof, said cylinder being folded along a foldline substantially perpendicular to said circular end and being severed along a line substantially perpendicular and diametrically opposed to said foldline, whereby a double-layer cloth is formed having a border along an edge of each layer substantially perpendicular to said foldline.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1, wherein said knit cloth is in the form of a flat panel.