Knitwear having no curl collars

Abstract

For a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably a number of wales, i.e., 14 in number, produces a width of the pocket approximately equal to the width of the stay to minimize movement of the stay within the pocket.

1. In the manufacture of a knit shirt with an open collar during which a body of said collar is knit and a pocket for a plastic stay is knit adjacent said opening of said collar, the improvement consisting of a method of matching the width sizes of said plastic stay and pocket comprising the steps of:
 (1) using a plastic stay of approximately 0.375 inches in width;  
 (2) knitting a body of said collar in uniform wales of 0.10 inches in width; and  
 (3) in a selected site adjacent an opening of said collar knitting onto said collar body a pocket in uniform wales of reduced 0.025 inches in width;  
 whereby optimally 14 wales' width of said pocket substantially matches said width of said plastic stay to contribute to snugly holding in place a plastic stay inserted in said pocket.  
 
     
     
       2. In the manufacture of a knit shirt with an open collar during which a body of said collar is knit and a pocket for a plastic stay is knit adjacent said opening of said collar, the improvement consisting of a method of matching the width sizes of said plastic stay and pocket comprising the steps of:
 (1) using a plastic stay of a selected first width;  
 (2) knitting a body of said collar in uniform wales of a selected second width; and  
 (3) in a selected site adjacent an opening of said collar knitting onto said collar body a pocket in uniform wales of a substantially reduced third width, said second and third selected widths being in the ratio of one to four;  
 whereby a number of optimally reduced wales' width of said pocket substantially matches said width of said plastic stay without any significant undersizing or oversizing therebetween.  
 
     
     
       3. A knitted collar, comprising:
 a knitted collar body having:    a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;    a finished edge; and    two selvedges;    said body having a pocket at each of said two selvedges, said pocket having an end and extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket being closed at said end by said finished edge; and    said pocket having a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body.   
     
     
       4. The knitted collar according  claim 3 , wherein said stitch density of said pocket is a multiple of said stitch density of said remainder of said collar body. 
     
     
       5. The knitted collar according  claim 4 , wherein said stitch density of said pocket is four times said stitch density of said remainder of said collar body. 6 . The knitted collar according  claim 5 , wherein:
 said stitch density of said pocket is approximately  20  wales per  1 / 2  inch; and    said stitch density of said remainder of said collar is approximately  5  wales per  1 / 2  inch.   
     
     
       7. A knitted collar, comprising:
 a knitted collar body having: 
 a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;  
 a finished edge;  
 two selvedges; and  
 a pocket at each of said two selvedges extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket having: 
 a first end and a second end;  
 a first width; and  
 a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body, said pocket being closed at said first end by said finished edge;  
 
   a stay disposed in said pocket of each of said two selvedges, said stay having: 
 a second width;  
 a first end facing said first end of said pocket; and  
 a second end facing said second end of said pocket; and  
   said first width being substantially equal to said second width to snugly hold said stay in said pocket.   
     
     
       8. A shirt, comprising:
 a shirt body; and    a knitted collar, including: 
 a knitted collar body having:  
 a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;  
 a finished edge; and  
 two selvedges;  
   said body having a pocket at each of said two selvedges, said pocket having an end and extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket being closed at said end by said finished edge; and    said pocket having a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body.   
     
     
       9. A shirt, comprising:
 a shirt body; and     a knitted collar, including: 
 a knitted collar body having: 
 a sewing edge adapted to be attached to a shirt;  
 a finished edge; and  
 two selvedges;  
 a pocket at each of said two selvedges extending approximately from said finished edge to said sewing edge, said pocket having: 
 a first end and a second end;  
 a first width;  
  a stitch density greater than a stitch density of a remainder of said collar body, said pocket being closed at said first end by said finished edge; and  
 
 
   a stay disposed in said pocket of each of said two selvedges, said stay having: 
 a second width;  
 a first end facing said first end of said pocket; and  
 a second end facing said second end of said pocket; and  
   said first width being substantially equal to said second width to snugly hold said stay in said pocket.   
     
     
       10. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar, which comprises:
 knitting a collar body with a first stitch density;    forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density; and    inserting a stay into the pocket.   
     
     
       11. The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the stay is inserted into the pocket before knitting of the collar body is finished. 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 10 , wherein the second stitch density is a multiple of the first stitch density. 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 10 , which further comprises selecting the second stitch density to be a multiple of the first stitch density. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the second stitch density is four times the first stitch density. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the second stitch density is approximately  20  wales per  1 / 2  inch; and    the first stitch density is approximately  5  wales per  1 / 2  inch.   
     
     
       16. The method according  claim 10 , wherein the at least one pocket is a pocket at each selvedge of the collar body. 
     
     
       17. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar to receive a stay, which comprises:
 knitting a collar body with a first stitch density; and    forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density, and adjusting a width of the pocket by changing a number of wales for the pocket to approximately match a width of the stay to be inserted into the pocket.   
     
     
       18. A method for manufacturing a knitted collar, which comprises:
 providing at least one stay having a width;    knitting a collar body with a first stitch density;    forming at least one pocket of the collar body with a second stitch density during knitting of the collar body, the second stitch density being greater than the first stitch density, and adjusting a width of the pocket by changing a number of wales for the pocket to approximately match the width of the stay; and    snugly inserting the stay into the pocket.