TUBULAR FABRIC ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

A tubular article which may be a continuous web of successive flat, open-ended tubes of knitted fabric, or a single such open-ended tubular article cut along seam areas from such a web, for example, a tubular warp knitted garment, is provided with cross interlooped, narrow strips on each opposite side of each seam area, the strips being separated by a wider, tubular strip so that when severed from the web along the center line of the tubular strip, the resulting seam will appear to be of the flat, plain type. The narrowness of the cross interlooped strips avoids build-up of excessive yarn tension. The open-ended tubular article is free of areas of excessive tension variance, especially along the seams, to produce the appearance of a uniform knitted structure throughout.