Stitch-size controlled knit product

A stitch-size controlled knit product formed by a circular knitting machine capable of forming a plurality of stitches having different stitch sizes in a same course on a circumference by moving sinkers in and out of between reciprocating knitting needles, the plurality of stitches including a first stitch and a second stitch having a smaller stitch size than the first stitch, the circular knitting machine being capable of selectively arranging the second stitch on a stitch-by-stitch basis, the knitting needles being arranged on a cylinder of the circular knitting machine at a density from about 14 to about 24 per inch in a circumferential direction of the cylinder;

• wherein
• a yarn count of a face yarn of a knitting yarn defining the stitches corresponds to a cotton count larger than 10;
• a difference of the stitch size between the first stitch and the second stitch is from about 0.1 mm to about 2.0 mm;
• and
• an elongation difference between a first-stitch region defined by the first stitch only and a second-stitch region defined by the second stitch only is from about 20% to about 100%.