Method for knitting a garment such as tights or the like, machine to implement this method and garment produced therewith

A double-cylinder circular knitting machine to produce a garment, comprising two superimposed cylinders, the machine being controlled to perform the steps of:

• knitting at least one part of the body with reciprocating motion of the two cylinders;
• knitting the leg pieces with a continuous rotary motion of the two cylinders, a first leg piece being knitted, wherein said machine is further controlled such that an arc of needles is maintained temporarily inactive on each of said two cylinders while knitting said at least one part of the body with reciprocating motion, and said needles temporarily inactive on both cylinders during knitting of at least one part of the body are used to form an interknitting line for joining the two leg pieces.

A knitted garment comprising:

• a body and two leg pieces, joined along a crotch area, said body and said leg pieces being formed by a continuous knitted fabric without seams, wherein in the crotch area a joining line is provided for joining the two leg pieces formed by at least one interknitting course common to the two leg pieces, and said body is formed by columns of stitches which extend from a waist of the body to the leg pieces and, in the lower part, by further columns of stitches, which extend from said at least one interknitting course forming said joining line to said leg pieces.