Method to produce a double-layer knitted fabric

A method of manufacturing a double-layer knitted fabric on a knitting machine comprising:

• a first needle bed and a second needle beds, wherein the knitted fabric comprises an outer layer made of a hydrophilic yarn on the first needle bed and an inner layer made of a hydrophobic yarn on the second needle bed, wherein stitches with the hydrophilic yarn are also knitted on selected needles of the second needle bed, the method comprising the steps of and carried out in the following order:
• a. Forming of stitches with a hydrophilic yarn with all needles of the first needle bed and with selected needles of the second needle bed;
• b. transferring the stitches made of the hydrophilic yarn and formed on the selected needles of the second needle bed to needles of the first needle bed;
• c. immediately after transferring the stitches in step (b) forming of stitches with a hydrophobic yarn on the selected needles of the second needle bed as well as with all other needles of the second needle bed such that the inner layer of the fabric has spaced apart split stitches of hydrophilic yarn.