SHOE UPPER AND METHOD FOR KNITTING SHOE UPPER

摘要

Provided is a shoe upper that does not easily stretch and a method for knitting this shoe upper. The shoe upper (1) is provided with linear anti-stretch parts (4) that are knitted integrally with an instep cover part (3) and restrict stretching of the instep cover part (3). The anti-stretch parts (4) are provided with a pipe-form knitted fiber section (40) that comprises a yarn that includes thermally fusible filaments, and inserted yarns (41) that are inserted into the pipe-form knitted fiber section (40) and are securely tacked into the stitching that constitutes the pipe-like knitted fiber section (40). The pipe-form knitted fiber section (40) comprises an inside knitting yarn section (40i) and an outside knitting yarn section (40o) that overlap in the thickness direction of the instep cover part (3), a leader in the wale direction of the inside knitting yarn section (40i) and a leader in the wale direction of the outside knitting yarn section (40o) are joined together, and the pipe shape is formed by joining together the leader in the wale direction of the inside knitting yarn section (40i) and the leader in the wale direction of the outside knitting yarn section (40o).