Upper-torso garment with three-dimensional knit structures

An upper-torso garment comprising:

• a knit dome structure comprising a plurality of full-length courses and a plurality of partial-length knit courses comprising a plurality of knit stitches, each full-length knit course within the plurality of full-length knit courses spanning at least a distance from a medial wale to a lateral wale, and wherein a length of each partial-length knit course within the plurality of partial-length knit courses is less than the distance from the medial wale to the lateral wale;
• and
• the knit dome structure comprising a first dome reference midline extending substantially parallel to the medial wale or the lateral wale and spaced evenly between the medial wale and the lateral wale and a second dome reference midline extending substantially perpendicular to the first dome reference midline and spaced evenly between a superior-most course of the plurality of partial-length courses and an inferior-most course of the plurality of partial-length courses.
• wherein the knit dome structure further comprises a superior-lateral quadrant, a superior-medial quadrant, an inferior-lateral quadrant, and an inferior-medial quadrant designated by the first dome reference midline and the second dome reference midline, wherein the inferior-medial quadrant includes a larger quantity of knit stitches from the plurality of knit stitches, relative to the superior-lateral quadrant, relative to the superior-medial quadrant, and relative to the inferior-lateral quadrant,
• wherein an inferior portion of the dome structure includes a subset of partial-length knit courses from among the plurality of partial-length knit courses, each partial-length knit course of the subset including a medial-most knit stitch, and wherein each of the medial-most knit stitches is positioned among a set of five consecutive wales, one of which is the medial wale.

An upper-torso garment comprising:

• a dome-shaped knit breast-covering portion comprising a plurality of full-length knit courses and a plurality of partial-length knit courses, each full-length knit course within the plurality of full-length knit courses spanning at least a distance from a medial wale to a lateral wale, and wherein a length of each partial-length knit course within the plurality of partial-length knit courses is less than the distance from the medial wale to the lateral wale,
• wherein the plurality of partial-length knit courses includes one or more medial-most knit stitches arranged in the medial wale and one or more lateral-most knit stitches arranged in the lateral wale, and
• wherein the plurality of partial-length knit courses includes a superior-most course and an inferior-most course;
• a first dome reference midline extending substantially parallel to the medial wale or the lateral wale and spaced evenly between the medial wale and the lateral wale;
• and
• a second dome reference midline extending substantially perpendicular to the first dome reference midline and spaced evenly between the superior-most course and the inferior-most course, the second dome reference midline designating a superior dome portion and an inferior dome portion, wherein one or more partial-length courses in the inferior portion include a larger number of knit stitches on a medial side of the first dome reference midline than on a lateral side of the first dome reference midline,
• wherein the plurality of partial-length knit courses includes a plurality of partial-length-course groupings, each partial-length-course grouping including one or more longer partial-length courses and one or more shorter partial-length courses, and wherein the one or more shorter partial-length courses have fewer consecutive knit stitches than the one or more longer partial-length courses and are spaced apart from the one or more longer partial-length courses by a first quantity of courses, and
• wherein each partial-length-course grouping of the plurality of partial-length-course groupings is spaced apart from a consecutive partial-length-course grouping by a second quantity of courses, and wherein the second quantity of courses is greater than the first quantity of courses.