US2729958A - Heel structure for full fashioned stockings and method - Google Patents

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Jan. 10, 1956 c, A, M|LES 2,729,958

HEEL STRUCTURE FOR FULL FASHIONED STOCKINGS AND METHOD CHA/auf A MILES,

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

C. A. MILES Jan. 10, 1956 HEEL STRUCTURE FOR FULL FASHIONED* STOCKINGS AND METHOD 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 28, 1951 INVENTORI CHARLIE A. MILES Eva ATTORNEYS Jan. l0, 1956 Q A M|LE$ 2,729,958

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. HEEL STRUCTURE Fon FULL FAsmoNsn t t srocxrNGs AND METHOD chai-ue A. Miles, Burlington, N. c., assigner to standard l HosleryMills, Inc., Burlington, N. C., a corporation of North Carolina l Application May 28, 1951,` Seal No. 228,665

6 claims. (cl. sts-11s) This invention relates `to a full fashioned stocking and the primary object of the invention is to provide n full fashioned stocking made from a blank having high spliced heel portions in each of which a reenforcing yarn is plated terminal loops" in each successive course at the junctures of the reenforced heel portions and the reenforced ma'rginal areas are formed` in like immediately contiguous needle wales in a straight line from the top of the high spliced heel portions to the bottom of the heel pockets or into the sole of the stocking.

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to be understood that each ofthe marginalareasknitted from the third yarnwill be relatively narrowat the upper edge of the extended portions of thel heel tabs and then gradually increased inwidth toward theinstep in a step by step manner, according to a desired pattern. `l-ach marginal area, knitted from the third yarn, may extend into the foot of the stocking and, if so desired, it may be plated along the sole and into the toe of the stocking.

, Some of the objects of the inventionhaving been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a schematic view of the foot,

heel and instep portions of astocking blank embodying the features `of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged fragmentaryview of the area 2-2 in Figure 1 illustrating oneform of loop structure at the junctures of the three contiguous areas at one edge of the blank; g, Y. 'c

` Figure 3 is a view similar to the lowerportion of Figure 2, but showing a second form of loop structure at the junctures of the vthree contiguous areas and showing the loops of the heel and marginal areas as both are knitted from reenforcing or plating yarns which overlap each other for a few wales;

Figure 4 is'a schematiclview corresponding to Figure 2 illustrating how the heel, instep and foot portions of the stocking blank may be produced on a full fashioned knitting machine;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but corresponding to Figure 3;

It is another object of this invention to provide a stck- `ing blank of the type described whereinthe contiguous reenforced areas defining the heel tabs or pockets and the marginal areas are knitted in such a manner that the stitches formed from the reenforcing yarns inthe heel tabs overlap the stitches formed from the reenforc'mg yarns in the marginal areas in order to insure that the sinker or divider wale deiningthe juncture o f each heel pocket and the adjacent marginal area will be reenforced.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a full fashioned stocking", the leg and foot of which are knitted from a first or body yarn and the heel tabs of which are knitted from second yarns independently of the first or body yarn and wherein the areas knitted from the second yarns also extend a substantial distance along the back of the heel representative of the `high spliced heel but, in which instance, the heel tabs and the extended portions thereof need not necessarily be reenforced. On the other hand, the heel tabs and the upwardly extending portions thereof may be made from a plurality of yarns or from a different type, denierweight, or count of yarn than the first or body yarn. In this distance, the body yarn is knitted in overlapping relation to each second yarn for a few wales, but the courses knitted from the body yarn all terminate in a single needle wale to vform a straight or uninterrupted line defining the juncture of the contiguous areas defining the body and the heel of the stocking.

In addition to the above, marginal areas are knitted each from a third yarn which s plated over the body yarn and the outer edge or selvage of which terminates either in the same wale in which the adjacent area knitted from the second yarn terminates or in the same wale in which each of the marginal areas knitted from the first yarn terminates. `In the latterinstance, it is evident that the area knitted from the third yarn would then be knitted in overlapping relation to the area knitted from the second yarn. Each of the yarns employed should be of a contrasting color to the yarn employed in the next adjacent area to thus produce an effect pleasing to the eye. It is Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3l but showing a third form of loop structure wherein the heel and body of the stocking blank are knitted from differentV yarns with-the marginal area adjacent a corresponding edge of the blank being plated over the body of the stockingand the yarns employed in the heel and body of the stocking are knitted in overlapping relation for a few wales at their juncture. L

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure showing a fourth form of loop structure which diEers from Figure 6 only in that the yarnemployed in the plated marginal area terminates in the same wale as the yarnl employed in the body of the stocking.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, there is shown in Figures l and 4 a portion of a stocking blank which is indicated broadly at 10. The stocking blank 10 comprisesl a leg portion l1 and an instep portion 12 which are of a single thickness knitted fabric preferably knitted from a plurality of relatively fine silk or nylon body yarns of the same count and color in the manner of ringless hose. In the present instance, a single body yarn is employed which is designated at B in Figure 2. The instep portion l2 is a part of the foot of the stocking.

The portion of the leg 11 of the stocking illustrated in Figure l is knitted approximately threev hundred 'ten wales wide for example, following which the number of wales are increased by approximately forty wales at each side of the stocking blank in which widening points 13 are effected to form the first half of a heel tab or pocket 14 at each side of the stocking blank. The second half of each of the heel tabs 14 is thenformed by the usual narrowings 15, following which the sole yand-instep 12,

Now, inthe first form of the invention,` the courses knitted from the body yarn B extend from selvage to portion of the 3 selvage throughout the knitting of the leg 11, the heel tabs 14, the sole and instep 12 and the toe. As the leg and heel portions 1l and 14 of the` stocking blank l0 are knitted, a reenforcing yarn indicated at R in Figure 2, is knitted simultaneously with and plated over the body yarn B to form each of a pair of-high spliced portions 2l which extend upwardly from the corresponding heel tabs 14, when the stocking is being worn, and each of the reenforcing yarns R is plated over the body yarn B in -knitting the entire area of each heel tab 14 and the corresponding high spliced portions 21.

Moreover, as the stocking is knitted from the body yarnBamarginalarea22isknitted ateach sideofthe blank, which marginal areas 22 provide margins between the body and the heel tabs 14 of the stocking blank 10. Each marginal area 22 is knitted from a second reenforcing yarn indicated at M in Figure 2; Although the reenforeed areas 2l and 22 are the same at each side of the blank 10, each of said areas is knitted from an independent plating or reenforcing yarn. In the original form of the invention, the pairs of contiguous areas 21 and 22 knitted from the reenforcing or plating yarns'R and M, respectively, are dened at their junctures by a straight line indicated at 23 and which extends from the upper end of thecorresponding high spliced area 2l to the bottom of the corresponding heel tab which is the upper edge of each heel tab as illustrated in Figure l since the stocking blank is shown inverted in accordance with the sequence in which the various portions 'of the stocking blank are knitted. Thus, the 4dividing line 23 between each heel tab 14 and the corresponding marginal area 22 preferably extends along one of the sinker or divider wales of the stocking blank.

The high spliced areas 21 at opposed sides of the stocking blank l0 are preferably knitted approximately twenty wales wide. It will be noted that the width of each marginal area 22 gradually increases in a step-bystep manner from the lowermost edge of each of the high spliced areas 2l in Figure 1, to a point adjacent .the ,4 upper edge of the heel tab 14 in Figure l, it being preferred that the marginal area as it is first knitted be approximately six wales wide and 'gradually increased to approximately twenty-six wales wide.

The yarn M employed in knitting each marginal area 22 is preferably of a contrasting color to that of the body yarn B and the yarn R employed in knitting each heel pocket 14 and the corresponding high spliced area 21 at opposed sides of the stocking blank. Also, it is preferred that each heel pocket 14 and the corresponding high spliced area 2l be knitted from a yarn contrasting in color to that of thc body yarn.

ln order to more clearly discern the mannerin which the original form of stocking blank is knitted, there is shown schematically in Figure 4 a portion of a full fashioned knitting machine which, in this instance, is provided with tive carrier rods indicated at 31 'to 35, inclusive. The carrier rod 3l has the usual body yarn carrier 36 fixed thereon and projecting forwardly therefrom and the carrier rods 32 to 35, inclusive, are provided with respective yarn carriers 40 to 43, inclusive, fixedly mounted thereon and extending forwardly therefrom. The yam carriers 36 and 40 to 43, inclusive, are curved in a well known manner so they move past one another during the knitting of the stocking blank l0, the carrier rods 3l to 35, inclusive, being reciprocated in a well known manner according to conventional pattern means, not shown, associated with the usual full fashioned hosiery knitting machine.

The yarn carriers 40 and 41 are provided for' directing the corresponding yarns R to the needles employed in 7.0

knitting the heel pockets or tabs 14 and the yarn carriers 42 and 43 are employed in directing the corresponding reenforcing or plating yarns M to the needles for knitting the marginal areas 22 at opposed sides of the a pair of spaced abutments or carrier rod end stops'44 and 45 which are controlled as totheir positions relative to the stocking blank 10 by respective intermittently actuated screw spindles 46 and 47.

` These carrier rod end stops 44 and 45 coact with stops 48 and 49 on the carrier rod 31 to variantly limit their traverse since the carrier rod end stops 44 and 45 are moved inwardly and outwardly with respect to each other by conventional pattern means which intermittently actuate the screw spindles 46 and 47. The carrier rods 32 and 33 are also provided wtih respective outer stops 51 and 52 which are vadapted to engage the correspond- Y stop members or splicing blocks 55 andV 56 for limiting the inward traverse of the yarn .carriers 40 and 4l. These splicing blocks 55 and 56 generally remain in a fixed position relative to the stocking blank 10 during the knitting thereof and are also provided to limit outward movement of the yarn carriers 42 and 43, these yarn carriers 42 and 43 being provided with respective pairs of stops 60, 6l and 62, 63. Each of the stops 48, 49,

the heel pockets 14 and the marginal areas 22 extend in a straight line from the heel cheeks or high spliced 0 attachment such as a pointex or reenforced selvage attachment'should be provided and should include stop nuts 64 and65'\'vhich are threadably penetrated by respective intermittently actuated screw spindles 66 and 67, these screw spindles 66 and 67 being controlled as to their intermittency of rotation by suitable pattern means,

not shown. These stop nuts 64 and 65- extend forwardly and their outer surfaces are adapted to be engaged by the respective stops 6l and 63 on the carrier rods 34 and 35 to thus variantly limit the inward movement of the yarn carriers 42 and 43 which direct the yarns vM to the needles.

Although, it is not necessarily an essential part of the present invention, it will be observed in Figures l and 4 that there is a relatively narrow marginal area 70 disposed between the lower edge of each high spliced area 21 and the corresponding leg `portion 11 at each side of the stocking blank 10 shown in Figure l. It is evident, of course, that this marginal area 70 would extend across the upper edge of the high splice area when the stocking is being worn. This marginal area '70 is actually an extension of the corresponding marginal area 22 and is preferably made from the same yarn asv that employed in the knitting of the marginal area 22. t

Thus, in knitting the first few courses to form the marginal area 70 at each side of the stocking blank 10, the splicing blocks 55 `and 56 in Figure 4 should be controlled by conventional means, not shown, to permit the yarn carriers 42 and 43 to move outwardly to the limit at which the body yarn carrier 36 is moved outwardly in knitting the foot of the stocking blank. After the marginal area Il is knitted at opposed sides of the stocking blank It), all live of the yarn carriers 36 and 40 to 43, inclusive, are brought into play in order that, as the main or body yarn carrier 36 moves from the right-hand selvage of the stocking blank 10 to the left-hand selvage stocking blank l0. The knitting machine also `includes thereof, for example, the yarn carrier 40 will be disposed agences immediately beneath the yarn carrier 36 at'the righthand selvage of the stocking blank 10 and will move inwardly with the yarn carrier36 untilrthe stop 53 engages the splicing block` 55 and,at `which point, the yarn carrier 36in Figure 4 will then move above the yarn carin knitting the particular course across the stocking blank 10 from right to left in Figure 4 until it moves above the yarn carrier 42. The yarn carrier 42 will then move along `with the yarn carrier 36 until it has moved inwardly to the juncture line 23 at the left-hand side of the stocking 10 in Figures 1 and 4. This yarn carrier 42 will cease its `movement and the yarn carrier 36 will move `above the yarn carrier 41 whereupon the yarn carriers 36 and 41 will continue outwardly to the left-hand selvage of the fabric 10 at which point both of the stops 48 and 52 on the carrier rods 31 and 33 will engage the carrier rod end stop 44 to complete the knitting of this particular course. `It is evident that the yarn carriers 36 and 40 to 43, inclusive, will operate in a similar manner but in the opposite direction as the body yarn carrier 36 subsequently moves from the left-,hand to the right-hand selvage of the fabric 10 Figures 1 and 4.

lt is thus seen that the yarn employed in the knitting of each of the high spliced portions 21 and the corresponding heel pocket 14 is plated over the body yarn up to the dividing line 23 and from whence inwardly the yarn M employed in knitting the adjacent marginal area 22 will then be plated over the body yarn B for a predetermined number of wales.

This is more clearly illustrated in Figure 2 where it will be observed that the loops or stitches formed from the body yarn B extend from one side of the fabric to the other while each marginal area, only one of which is shown in Figure 2, knitted from the reenforcing or plating yarn M, which is of a contrasting color or type to that of the body yarn B, is plated over the area knitted from the body yarn B from right to left in Figure 2 up to the divider or sinker wale 23. The reenforcing or plating yarn R is then plated over the body yarn B from the dividing wale 23 outwardly to the selvage of the heel pocket 14. The areas knitted from the yarns M and R are bracketed and designated accordingly in Figure 2.

It is thus seen that the line represented by the dividing Wale 23 between each of the pairs of adjacent or contiguous areas knitted from the yarns R and M are formed by selvage loops 71 made from the yarn M and selvage loops 72 made from the yarn R which selvage loops result from reversals of the `respective carrier lingers 42 and 41 or 43 and 40 according to the corresponding side of the vstocking blank 10.

The second form of the invention which is embodied in the stocking illustrated in Figures 3 and 5, is substan-4 tially identical with the stocking shown in Figures 2 andl 44 except as to the formation of the juncture of the marginal areas and the heel pockets. Therefore, in order to preclude the necessity for repetitive description, all corresponding parts in Figures 3 vand 5 have been identified by the same reference characters previously employed with the addition, however, in each instance, of the letter "a for purposes of distinction.

The stocking blank of Figures 3 and 5 differs from the stocking blank shown in Figures 2 and 4 in that the proximate portions of each heel pocket 14a and high spliced area 21a and the adjacent marginal area 22a have their corresponding yarns R-a and M-a interknitted in overlapping relation with each other for a'few wales,

they being interknitted for two wales, as shown in Figure 3, by way of example. The body yarnB-a also extends from .selvage to selvage of thestockinglblank 10a in the form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and 5.

It is evident that the knitting instrumentalities shown in Figure 5 operate in knitting the form of structure shown in Figure 3 in a manner very similar to that described for the knitting instrumentalities shown in Figure 4. However, in this instance, it is evident that both of the yarn carriers 40a and 43a move along with the main or body yarn carrier 46 for a few wales as the body yarn carrier 36a moves from left to` right in Figure 5 during the knitting at the juncture of adjacent areas 14a and 22a at the right-hand side of the stocking shown in Figure 5.

Of course, after knitting this area 14a,` the main yarn carrier 36a will continue to move along with the marginal yarn carrier 43a to the inneredge of the right-hand marginal area 22a, after which the main or body yarn carrier 36a will continue across the stocking. The yarn carrier 42a will then move along with the body yarn carrier 36a from right to left in knitting the area 22a in the left-hand side of the stocking shown in Figure 5 until the yarn carrier 36a moves above the yarn carrier 41a.

Then, all three of the yarn carriers 36a, 41a and 42a will move along simultaneously for a few wales to thus cause the yarns M-a and R-a to be interiknitted in overlapping relation at this point with the body yarn B-a. The yarn carrier 42a will then cease its movement from right to left as the yarn carriers 36a and 41a continue to the left-hand selvage of the heel tab 14a at the lefthand side of the stocking shown in Figure 5. The various courses will then be repeated substantially in the manner described with the result that a clear line of separation is formed between the adjacent areas knitted from the yarns R-a and M- and wherein the outside yterminal loops in each area knitted from the yarn Ma,

one of which areas is bracketed and indicated accordingly in Figure 3, are formed in a corresponding needle wale 73 while the inside terminal loops of the corresponding contiguous area knitted from the yarn R-a, which area is also bracketed and indicated accordingly, extend in overlapping relation to the area knitted from the yarn M-a for two wales including the needle wale 73 and the next adjacent needle wale which is indicated at 74.

It will be noted in this instance, that the body yarn extends from selvage to selvage of the fabric and the yarns R-a and M-a are merely plated over the body yarn in the corresponding areas defined thereby.

In the third and fourth forms of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7, respectively, the heel tab in each instance is knitted from a different yarn than the body of the stocking with the yarn employed in the heel tab being interknitted at its juncture with the body yarn to form a suture. Inthe third form of the invention, the body yarn is indicated at B-b, the area knitted from the body yarn being bracketed and indicated accordingly. The

yarn employed in knitting the marginal area in the third form of `the invention is indicated at M-b and the corresponding marginal area is bracketed and indicated acct... ingly while the portion of the heel tab shown is knitted from a yarn indicated at R-b and is bracketed and designated accordingly to thereby clearly distinguish the limits of the areas knitted from the corresponding yarns.

It will be noted in Figure 6 that the area knitted from the body yarn B-b extends from the right-hand side of l as a line lof separation between the marginal area and the heel of the stocking.

The fourth form of the invention, shown in Figure 7,

is similar to the third form of the invention shown in. 1 Figure 6 and the yarns employed .in the body, the marginal area and the heel of the stocking are indicaed at B-c, M-c and R-c respectively. The areas knitted from these respective yarns are bracketed and designated accordingly to thereby clearly distinguish the wales embraced by the corresponding yarns. l

In the fourth form of the invention, the body yarn B-c extends inwardly from the right-hand side of Figure 7 and the terminal loops thereof are formed in a wale 81.

The yarn R"c, employed in knitting the heel tab, ex.

from the yarn B-c in the wale 8l, thereby causing the plated lyam'M-c andthe body Ayarn B-c to overlap the stitches formed from thevyarn R-c.

Although the stitches from adjacent areas are shown as being overlapped for two wales in the second, third and fourth forms of the invention, shown in Figures 3, 6 and 7, respectively, it is tobe understood that the stitches formed from the yarns in adjacent areas may be overlapped for a single wale or for a substantially lgreater number of wales than that shown in the drawings.

l'he stepped configuration of the innerdedges of the marginal areas adjacent the heel tabs and the high heel portions may be of any desired arrangement, one example lbeing to provide the area 70 six courses high and extending the same approximately six wales beyond the inner edge of the corresponding high heel portions 2l after which the relatively narrow upper portion of the marginalarea may extend six wales wide and approximately fifty courses high.- The steps could vthen be formed twenty courses apart with each course stepped approximately two wales wide at each side of the stocking. Thus, the portion'of the marginal area between the selvage at the sole of the stockingl and the instep may be approximately twenty-six wales wide at opposed sides of the stocking, the size and shape of the marginal areas beingv arranged in any desired manner at the toe of the stocking.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic andl descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

I claim:

` 1. In a stocking blank having a foot including a sole and an instep, laterally projecting heel tabs and a high extended heel portion above each heel tab, a reenforced marginal area spaced inwardly from the outer selvages of each heel tab and high heel portion and being disposed between each heel tab and high vheel portion and the instep of the blank wherein the adjacentl edges of the re-A theinstepportionofthestocklngsndextendingfroms point substantially above the juncture of each heel tab sud thefleg and being spaced inwardly of a -selvage of the legl and wherein the courses forming each reenforced marginal areaallterminate in the same wale at'the outer,

edge of the reenforced area, thus 'defining an'uninterrupted line of demarcation between each heel tab and its adjacent reenforced marginal area, the terminus of each reenforced marginalarea in the leg being relatively` narrow and the width of each marginal area gradually increasing in a stepped'manner at the edge of the reenforced marginal area remote from a selvage of the leg and a heel tab of the blank for a predetermined num ber of courses, each -reenforced marginal area-extending into the sole .portion Aof the blank to provide a mar- Qrdlarea extending from alselvage of the soleand in y for a predetermined number of wales and wherein the latter portion of v'the marginal area embraces a constant number of wales for a predetermined number of. courses to thereby eect a substantially straight line of demarcation at the juncture of each reenforced 'marginal area in the sole of the blank and the instep ponisnomebnna' l y 3. In a full-fashioned stocking formed from a blank having selvaged leg andv sole portions and an instep knitted from a rst yarn, a selvagedheel pocket knitted at each side of the blank from a corresponding second yarn independently of the first yarn, the first yarn and the second yarn.in each heel pocket being interknitted simultaneously in a predetermined number of wales at the juncture'of each heel pocket andthe'leg portion, a

reenforced area knitted from a corresponding third yarn between the vinstep andeach pocket of the blank, the terminal loops knitted Ifrom each third yarn at the outer edge of each lmarginal area being disposed in a needle t waleadjacent the needle wale in which the terminal loops enforced marginal areas and of the heel tabs and the high heel portions extend in straight lines defined by t two adjacent wales from ,the upper end of each high extended heel portion to the juncture of 4the corresponding heel tab and the sole, and each of said marginal areas be. ing relatively narrow adjacent the upper end of the corresponding high heel portion and gradually increasing in width in a stepped manner at the inner edge thereof toa juncture of the heel tabs and the sole marginal area disposed between each of the heel tabs and g of the corresponding second yarn at the inner-edge of each heel pocket are disposed thus providing at least one sinker or divider wale formed from the first. yarn beond and third yarns.

4. In a method of knitting a full-fashioned stocking blank having a selvaged leg knitted from atleast one body yarn, the'steps of thereafter forming each of a plurality of successive courses by starting at one edge tween the adjacent areas knitted from each of the secof the blank andknitting a first independent yarn in a first group of wales, knitting said first yarn in plating relation with the body yarn in at least one wale, knitting a second yarn in plating relation with the body yarn independently of the first yarn in a second group of wales immediately adjacent the first group of wales, knitting an instep solely from the body yarn, .knitting said third yarn in plating relation with the body y'arn independently of the first and second yarns in a third group of wales, knitting a fourth yam in plating relation with the body yarn independently of the first, second and third yarns in at least one wale, and knitting the fourth yarn independently of the body yarn and the first, second and third plating yarns in a fourth group of wales immediately adjacent the third group of wales to complete each successive course.

body yarn, the steps of thereafter forming each of a plurality of successive courses by starting at one edge o f the blank and knitting. a rst independent yarn in a first group of wales, knitting said irsl Yarn in plating relation with the b ody yarn in at least one wale, knitting a second yarn in plating relation with the body yarnindependently of the first yarn in a second group of wales immediately adjacent the first group of wales, knitting an instep solely from the-body yarn, knitting a third yarn in plating relation with the body yarn independently of the first and-second yarns in a third group of wales, knitting a fourth yarn in plating relation with the body yarn independently of the first, second and third yarns in at least one wale, knitting the fourth yarn independently of the body yarn and the first, second and third plating yarns in a fourth group of wales immediately adjacent the third group of wales to `complete eachsuccessive course and varying the number of stitches at the opposite outer edges of the blank formed by each of the first and fourth yarns from course to course to form heel tabs therewith.

6. In a method of knitting a ful1-fashioned stocking blank having a selvaged leg knitted from at least one body yarn, the steps of thereafter forming each of a plurality of successive courses by starting at one edge of the blank and knitting a first independent yarn in a rst group of wales, knitting said first yarn in plating relation with the body yarn in at least one wale, knitting a second yarn in plating relation with the body yarn independently of the rst yarn in a second group of wales immediately adjacent the first group of wales, knit ting an instep solely from the body yarn, knitting a third yarn in plating relation with the body yarn independ- .ently of the first and second yarns in a third group of wales, knitting a fourth yarn in plating relation with third plating yarns in a fourth group of wales irnmediately adjacent the third group of wales to complete each successive course, and varying the number of stitches formed from the second yarn and the third yarn in successive groups of course at the edges formed thereby adjacent the instep of the blank.

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