Method of forming a unitary knit article using flat-knit construction

A knitted tubular blank for multiple articles, the knitted tubular blank having a front portion and a back portion, the knitted tubular blank further comprising:

• a plurality of knit components, each of the plurality of knit components comprising:
• a first region comprised of a first tubular flat knit element having a first shoulder seam extending from a first edge of the knitted tubular blank to a neck cut line and a second shoulder seam extending from a second edge of the knitted tubular blank to the neck cut line, wherein the front portion and the back portion are joined at the first shoulder seam and at the second shoulder seam, and wherein the front portion and the back portion are not joined at remaining portions of the first tubular flat knit element;
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• a second region comprised of a second tubular flat knit element, a third tubular flat knit element, and a fourth tubular flat knit element positioned in a side-by-side arrangement, wherein a first end of each of the second tubular flat knit element, the third tubular flat knit element, and the fourth tubular flat knit element seamlessly extends from the first tubular flat knit element;
• wherein the first region and the second region are formed of a singular knit construction.

A knitted tubular blank for a football jersey, the knitted tubular blank having a front portion and a back portion, the knitted tubular blank further comprising:

• an upper torso region comprised of a first tubular flat knit element having a first shoulder seam extending from a first edge of the knitted tubular blank to a neck cut line and a second shoulder seam extending from a second edge of the knitted tubular blank to the neck cut line, wherein the front portion and the back portion are joined at the first shoulder seam and at the second shoulder seam, and wherein the front portion and the back portion are not joined at remaining portions of the first tubular flat knit element;
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• a lower torso region comprised of a second tubular flat knit element, a third tubular flat knit element, and a fourth tubular flat knit element positioned in a side-by-side arrangement, wherein a first end of each of the second tubular flat knit element, the third tubular flat knit element, and the fourth tubular flat knit element seamlessly extends from the first tubular flat knit element;
• wherein the upper torso region and the lower torso region are formed of a singular knit construction, and wherein the upper torso region and the lower torso region together form a singular knit component.