Cuff member and sock

A tubular circularly-knitted cuff member comprising a relatively stretchable, low denier ground yarn, a relatively non-stretchable, high denier terry yarn and an elastic yarn knitted in circumferential courses and axial wales, said cuff member comprising a plurality of coursewise extending rib portions and a plurality of coursewise extending connecting portions integrally knit with one another in axially alternating arrangement along said cuff member, each said rib portion including a plurality of courses having in each thereof said ground yarn and said terry yarn knitted in stitches in plated relationship in a terry pile stitch construction and said elastic yarn inlaid periodically in the stitches of said ground and terry yarns causing said rib portion to project radially-outwardly and to be axially rounded with respect to said connecting portions, each said connecting portion including a plurality of courses having in each thereof knitted stitches only of said ground yarn knitted in a single jersey stitch construction and said elastic yarn inlaid periodically in the stitches of said ground yarn to provide said connecting portions with a greater degree of elastic contractibility than said rib portions, said cuff member being stretchable axially between a relaxed condition wherein said rib portions are disposed closely axially adjacent one another and said connecting portions are generally not visible from outwardly of said cuff member and an extended condition wherein said rib portions and said connecting portions are elongated with said rib portions spaced axially from one another.