Sock with plate and float pattern and method

摘要

The major portion of the leg of the sock is knit with first and second yarns of different colors in plated relationship with the first yarn being positioned on the outside and the second yarn being positioned on the inside so that the color of the first yarn predominates in the major portion of the leg of the sock. Spaced apart pattern areas are formed in the leg and are knit of the second yarn only with the first yarn being floated inside so that the spaced apart pattern areas are of a different color than the major portion of the leg. Single wale areas are positioned between the spaced apart pattern areas and the first and second yarns are knit in plated relationship so that these areas are the same color as the major portion of the leg. The single wale areas permit at least portions of the spaced apart pattern areas to be positioned closely adjacent each other so that a wide variety of different types of patterns can be knit in closely spaced relationship.