Knitted article

摘要

A knitted athletic sock having a double terry cushion area having two sets of terry pile loops of differing sizes and shapes and staggered walewise with respect to one another to provide upstanding support and resist flattening of the terry loops for improved cushioning and moisture absorption. The sock preferably is of a terry construction throughout the entire foot except for a single jersey panel in the front ankle region to resist wrinkling and bunching of the sock in such region when worn. The sock also includes a mock rib elastic cuff having a relatively frequent rib repeat in the front shin area and a relatively infrequent rib repeat in the rear calf area to better accommodate different sizes and shapes of calves while resisting slippage of the cuff and leg portion of the sock along the wearer's leg. The cushion area of the sock is knitted by an improved method on a circular knitting machine by selectively positioning knitting needles at differing yarn receiving positions and feeding the two terry yarns at differing levels for receipt of one terry yarn by all needles and the second terry yarn by only selected needles. The two terry yarns are fed by feed fingers which are stationariy set and left in feeding position throughout the operation of the machine, the first terry yarn being fed to all needles throughout the entire knitting operation and the second terry yarn being automatically cut whenever a successive group of needles is positioned to receive only the first terry yarn, with the last needle receiving the second terry yarn carrying it to a cutting mechanism without requiring manipulation of the feed finger to a non-feeding position, whereby missed stitches of the second yarn are eliminated and faster operation of the machine is possible.