Footwear knitting method, footwear manufacturing method, and footwear

Abstract

Provided is a footwear knitting method for knitting footwear that partially has a two-layer structure. The footwear knitting method is a method for knitting footwear ( 1 ) provided with a base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ) that has a foot insertion opening ( 5 ), and is shape of an item of footwear, using a flat knitting machine. The footwear knitting method includes: starting knitting of the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ) from a toe side or a heel side of the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ) to complete the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ) with a left side part and a right side part of the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ) facing each other in a front-back direction of needle beds; knitting an additional knitted fabric portion ( 3 ) that is separate from the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ), and is bag-shaped with one end open and the other end closed, before or during the knitting of the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ); and joining, using double stitches, a part of an opening edge of the additional knitted fabric portion ( 3 ) with a toe-side edge part or a heel-side edge part of an edge of the foot insertion opening ( 5 ) of the base knitted fabric portion ( 2 ).

1 . A footwear knitting method for knitting footwear provided with a base knitted fabric portion that has a foot insertion opening, and is formed in a shape of an item of footwear that covers a foot of a wearer, using a flat knitting machine provided with a front needle bed and a back needle bed that face each other in a front-back direction, the method comprising:
 starting knitting of the base knitted fabric portion from a toe side or a heel side of the base knitted fabric portion to complete the base knitted fabric portion with a left side part and a right side part of the base knitted fabric portion facing each other in the front-back direction of the needle beds;   knitting an additional knitted fabric portion that is separate from the base knitted fabric portion, and is bag-shaped with one end open and the other end closed, before or during the knitting of the base knitted fabric portion; and   joining, using double stitches, a part of an opening edge of the additional knitted fabric portion to a toe-side edge part or a heel-side edge part of an edge of the foot insertion opening of the base knitted fabric portion.   
     
     
         2 . A footwear manufacturing method comprising:
 a preparation step of preparing footwear that is obtained by the footwear knitting method according to  claim 1 ;   a folding step of folding over the additional knitted fabric portion of the footwear so that a part of the base knitted fabric portion is in a two-layer state in which the base knitted fabric portion and the additional knitted fabric portion overlap each other; and   a fixation step of fixing the additional knitted fabric portion to the base knitted fabric portion to maintain the two-layer state.   
     
     
         3 . The footwear manufacturing method according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein,inthefoldingstep,theadditionalknittedfabricportion is laid on an outer side of the base knitted fabric portion.   
     
     
         4 . A footwear provided with a base knitted fabric portion that has a foot insertion opening, and has a shape of an item of footwear that covers a foot of a wearer, comprising:
 an additional knitted fabric portion that is bag-shaped with one end open and the other end closed, the additional knitted fabric portion having a part of an opening edge that is joined to a toe-side edge part or a heel-side edge part of an edge of the foot insertion opening of the base knitted fabric portion,   wherein the base knitted fabric portion and the additional knitted fabric portion are seamlessly joined to each other using double stitches, and   the base knitted fabric portion partially has a two-layer region in which the additional knitted fabric portion that has been folded over to overlap the base knitted fabric portion.