A method of knitting a jersey-type garment on a flat bar knitting machine of the kind comprising at least two pairs of opposed needle beds extending generally parallel to each other, the beds of one pair being laterally movable relative to the beds of the other pair, said method comprising tubular knitting two sleeve portions and a body portion united by a fourth tubular portion forming the upper portion of the jersey and fashioning the fourth tubular portion in Wales which are an extension of or are intended to extend into the body portion of the jersey. A machine for carrying out the method is also claimed.
On needle beds, an outer fabric and an inner fabric are arranged to oppose each other. Each of the outer fabric and the inner fabric comprises a back body and a left half and a right half of the front body that are arranged on both sides of the back body. The inner fabric and the outer fabric are knitted in a single tubular form from the hem part up to the bottom of armhole. At and beyond the bottom of armhole, it is divided and knitted into three tubular forms; the back body, the right half of the front body, and the left half of the front body. Armholes are provided between tubular forms. At the shoulders, the three tubular forms are united back to one single tubular form, and the back body and the right and left halves of the front body of the outer fabric are joined, and similarly, the back body and the right and left halves of the front body of the inner fabric are joined.
