Method of knitting 3-d shape knit fabric

A knitting method of a three-dimensional shape fabric whose front fabric and back fabric are knitted by use of a flat knitting machine, which comprises at least a pair of front and back needle beds, either or both of which are movable in a lateral direction thereof, and a plurality of cam systems, to transfer loops between the front needle bed and the back needle bed, and are joined at setup portions thereof and finishing portions thereof, the knitting method of the three-dimensional fabric comprising:

• the step of forming the setup portion of the three-dimensional shape fabric by use of needles of the both front and back needle beds;
• the step of knitting a non-rectangular front fabric and a non-rectangular back fabric by performing a flechage knitting in which a first part of the front fabric and a first part of the back fabric are varied in number of courses from one wale to another so as to put a part of loops into a rested state in the process in which the front fabric knitted in association with the front needle bed and the back fabric knitted in association with the back needle bed are knitted in parallel to each other by use of different cam systems;
• the step of forming loops of the next parts following the forming of loops of final courses of the previously formed parts including the part of the loops as were put in the rested state, so as to join the parts to each other;
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• the step of superposing the loops of the final course of a final part of the front fabric and the loops of the final course of a final part of the back fabric on each other to perform a bind-off process.