METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TUBULAR ARTICLES PROVIDED WITH A GRIP REGION BY WAY OF CIRCULAR HOSIERY KNITTING MACHINES, AND TUBULAR ARTICLE OBTAINED WITH THE METHOD

A method for manufacturing tubular articles provided with a grip region on their reverse side, particularly for providing hold-up stockings, by way of circular hosiery knitting machines, comprising the use of a circular hosiery knitting machine that has at least two feeds or drops, of which at least one first feed is capable of dispensing a bare elastomer yarn; at the first feed, at least one needle of at least one group of contiguous needles is moved to a "tuck" position or to a "drop" position knit in order to pick up the bare elastomer yarn while the other needles of the group of needles are held in or moved to the "miss" position and therefore excluded from picking up the bare elastomer yarn.