Process of rotary knitting a tubular blank with knitted pocket on multi-feed circular knitting machine

The process of rotary knitting a tubular blank with a pocket for a tubular product on a multi-feed circular knitting machine comprising the steps of:

• rotary knitting continuous courses of stitches on all needles;
• forming a pocket on the blank by rotary knitting partial courses, each partial course formed by knitting a selected number of yarn end securing stitches, then a selected number of knit stitches, and then a selected number of yarn end securing stitches to form a pocket on one side of the blank while no other knitting on the blank is taking place;
• selecting the length of the partial courses in order to create a gore design area and form a knitted pocket;
• and returning to full course knitting and continuing to knit full courses of stitches.

The process of rotary a tubular blank with a pocket for a tubular product on a multi-feed circular knitting machine comprising the steps of:

• rotary knitting continuous courses of stitches on all needles;
• forming a pocket on the blank by rotary knitting partial courses, each partial course formed by knitting a selected number of yarn end securing stitches, then a selected number of stitches, and then a selected number of yarn end securing stitches to form a pocket on one side of the blank while no other knitting on the blank is taking place;
• continuing to rotary knit partial courses with yarn end securing stitches and knit stitches in each course for a selected number of courses to create a gore design area and form a knitted product;
• and returning to full course knitting and continuing to knit full courses of knit stitches.