Method of knitting neck of knit wear by weft knitting machine and knit designing device for producing the method of knitting the neck

摘要

In order to seamlessly knit knitwear, such as a sweater, having a widened neckline 10a of a front body 2a and a front drop formed in the neckline 10a in a relatively simple method, stitches at a right side of the front neckline 10a and stitches at a left side of the front neckline 10a, retained on the first needle bed FB, are shifted from inside to outside, with gradually increasing distances, so that the stitches can be retained on the first needle bed FB, with empty needles inserted in the spaces between those stitches; at least one of the shifted stitches 31, 32 at and outer side end portion of the right side of the front neckline 10a and at least one of the shifted stitches at an outer side end portion of the left side of the front neckline 10a are fed to the second needle bed BB so as to be situated next to the stitch at each side end of the back neckline 10b retained on the second needle bed BB, whereby the neckline 10 is increased in diameter, followed by formation of widening stitches on the empty needles and then knitting of a collar 8.