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| (54) | Outside widening method of tubular knitted fabric, and tubular knitted fabric |
| (57) To provide an outside widening method of a tubular knitted fabric capable of preventing
a hole from standing out more effectively than the related art. A first pick-up stitch
4 is formed on an empty needle B of an FB on an outward side of a stitch at an end
of a front side knitted fabric portion while moving a yarn feeder outward after knitting
a stitch row α following a back side knitted fabric portion (S1). A second pick-up
stitch 5 is formed on an empty needle A of the FB on an outward side of the first
pick-up stitch 4 while moving the yarn feeder inward, and then knitting a new stitch
row β following the front side knitted fabric portion (S3). A new stitch row γ following
the stitch row α and the first pick-up stitch 4 is knitted (S4), and a new stitch
row δ following the stitch row β and the second pick-up stitch 5 is knitted (S5).
In the series of processes, the first pick-up stitch 4 is transferred to an empty
needle B of a BB on the outward side of a stitch 3 at a termination of the stitch
row a after forming a stitch 6 at a starting end of the stitch row β and before forming
a new stitch 8 following the first pick-up stitch 4 (S3).
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