Knitted fabric having forked portion and knitting method thereof

A knitted fabric having a forked portion, which is knitted by using a flat knitting machine and is forked right and left into a first knitting region and a second knitting region at a certain point of its knitting width, and wherein a pair of right and left widening stitch loops that confront each other across the forked portion and are formed at the back side of the knitted fabric and a pair of right and left stitch loops that confront each other across the forked portion and are formed at a front side of the knitted fabric are crossed to each other across the forked portion and are overlaid with each other, respectively.

A method of knitting a knitted fabric having a forked portion which is forked into a first knitting region and a second knitting region at a certain point of its knitting width by using a flat knitting machine comprising at least a pair of front and back needle beds, which are placed with their front ends confronting each other and at least either of which is racked laterally with respect to the other needle bed, and at least two yarn feeders arranged over the at least the pair of needle beds, wherein the forked portion comprises at least one forked side end loop located in a center of the forked portion and crossing loop groups located at both sides of the at least one forked side end loop and confronting each other across the at least one forked side end loop and wherein the at least one forked side end loop and a loop of one of the crossing loop groups are overlaid with each other in such a manner that the other crossing loop group can be sandwiched between the least one forked side end loop and the one crossing loop group, the knitting method comprising:

• 1) the step that the crossing loop groups are each moved across a boundary of the forked portion and are overlaid with each other;
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• 2) the step that the at least one forked side end loop and any loop of the one crossing loop group are overlaid with each other.

A knitted fabric having a forked portion, which is knitted by using a flat knitting machine and is forked right and left into a first knitting region and a second knitting region at a certain point of its knitting width, and wherein the forked portion comprises at least one forked side end loop located in a center of the forked portion and crossing loop groups located at both sides of the at least one forked side end loop and confronting each other across the at least one forked side end loop, and wherein the at least one forked side end loop and a loop of one of the crossing loop groups are overlaid with each other in such a manner that the other crossing loop group can be sandwiched between the least one forked side end loop and the one crossing loop group.