Self supporting knitted lady{40 s stocking

Claim 1

A full-length self-supporting knitted lady''s stocking having at its open end an outwardly turned, non-rolling welt, said welt having an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer, said stocking having, a. non-slip elastic yarn bound into spaced wales and floated across the intervening wales of selected courses of wale-wise spaced upper and lower annular fabric portions proximate the open end of the stocking, b. said floated elastic yarn providing non-slip yarn floats disposed internally of the stocking to contact the leg of a wearer of the stocking, c. an intermediate zone of fabric disposed between the two spaced annular fabric portions, d. said intermediate zone of fabric being without elastic yarn, whereby the welt of the stocking is rendered non-rolling, and e. at least the upper annular fabric portion being disposed within the inner fabric layer of the welt, f. the outer fabric layer being without elastic yarn.