(57) [Object] The present invention aims to provide a knitting method for knitting a bifurcation
part of a knitted fabric in such a manner as to have an adequate tensile strength
while giving a refined appearance when the stitches on the right and left sides are
crossed, and the knitted fabric.
[Technical Solution] When a knitted fabric is divided into right and left parts at a bifurcation part
by using a flatbed knitting machine, stitches are knitted on the front side within
a bifurcation area. When widening stitches are knitted by using empty needles on the
back side within the bifurcation area, the widening stitches and the stitches on the
front side confronting the widening stitches are connected to each other. Then, new
loops are successively knitted on the widening stitches, and the stitches on the front
side which lie on either side of the boundary line of the bifurcation part are not
crossed, while the stitches on the back side which lie on either side of the boundary
line of the bifurcation part are crossed, whereby the bifurcation part is formed.
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