Decorative footlet-type sock

Abstract

The exposed welt of a footlet-type sock is divided by knit construction into a rear portion and a front portion. The rear portion, which is substantially the rear half, is of a substantially freely and outwardly rolled construction. The rolled rear portion is not tacked down and encircles the lower ankle area when emplaced on the foot. The remainder or front portion includes an upper edge which is tacked down in a controlled folded construction. The rear portion is thus left free to roll upon itself into a relatively heavy, thick mass of material. The front portion, on the other hand is folded across the instep of the wearer minimizing the thickness of material beneath the shoe tongue. The rear half is a knitted fabric formed with a combination of body yarn and elastic yarn. The elastic yarn forms the backing fabric for the body yarn, which itself is formed into terry loops. The front portion of the decorative welt may be made with any type of construction as long as it is tacked down and not allowed to freely roll. In a preferred form of the present invention of the front portion of the welt is as a ribbed construction. In this front portion selected wales include stitches which are formed and cast off separated by at least two successive wales of float stitches. In the resulting fabric relatively wide bands of raised fabric are separated by relatively narrow bands of base fabric which exhibit a low relief area.

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