Knit criss-cross brassiere, blank and method for making same

A method of making a circularly knit brassiere comprising the steps of:

• knitting a first series of courses defining a first tubular portion;
• knitting to said first series of courses a second series of courses defining a cylindrical tubular welt;
• knitting to said second series of courses a third series of courses defining a second tubular portion;
• cutting and removing portions of said first tubular portion to define front and rear first strap portions therefrom and from said second tubular portion to define front and rear second strap portions therefrom;
• securing the front and rear first strap portions together to define a first shoulder strap and second strap portions together to define a second shoulder strap;
• and
• inverting one of said shoulder straps such that said first and second shoulder straps extend from said cylindrical tubular welt in substantially the same direction.

A method of making a brassiere comprising the steps of:

• circularly knitting a substantially continuous tubular blank having a first tubular section, a second tubular section, and a cylindrical welt extending outwardly from a central portion of said tubular blank at a position between said first and second tubular blanks;
• cutting and removing portions of each of said first and second tubular sections to thereby define right and left body covering portions;
• inverting one of said right and left body covering portions such that each of said right and left body covering portions extends from said cylindrical welt in generally the same direction;
• and
• finishing the edges of said right and left body covering portions, to thereby define a finished brassiere.