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The crotch area is integrally knit with the pantyhose blanks to eliminate the need for separately knit and cut crotch patches. The integrally knit crotch area includes a repeating four-course pattern of course portions with certain of the course portions including alternating jersey stitches and tuc

The crotch area is integrally knit with the pantyhose blanks to eliminate the need for separately knit and cut crotch patches. The integrally knit crotch area includes a repeating four-course pattern of course portions with certain of the course portions including alternating jersey stitches and tuck loops to form openings in the crotch area and provide ventilation thereto. The repeating course portions also include selected courses with a hydrophilic yarn knit in plated relationship and on the inside of the body yarn to provide moisture-absorbing characteristics to the crotch area.

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A pantyhose including a panty portion, and integrally knit leg and foot portions, said panty portion being knit of a hydrophobic body yarn in every course, said body yarn being stretchable and providing stretchability and smooth conforming fit characteristics to said panty portion, said panty portio

A pantyhose including a panty portion, and integrally knit leg and foot portions, said panty portion being knit of a hydrophobic body yarn in every course, said body yarn being stretchable and providing stretchability and smooth conforming fit characteristics to said panty portion, said panty portion including an integrally knit crotch area characterized by ventilating and moisture-absorbing characteristics, said crotch area comprising a plurality of course portions, said course portions of said crotch area including a repeating four-course pattern comprising a first course portion of jersey stitches of said body yarn in every wale and with an additional yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn in every wale, a second course portion of jersey stitches of said body yarn in every wale and with an additional hydrophobic yarn knit in plated relationship with said body yarn in adjacent pairs of spaced-apart wales and floating inside of multiple wales between said selected spaced-apart wales, a third course portion of pairs of adjacent jersey stitches and alternating with two-wale tuck loops knit only of said body yarn, and a fourth course portion of jersey stitches of said body yarn in every wale and with a hydrophilic yarn knit in plated relationship and on the inside of said body yarn, said repeating course portions with alternating jersey stitches and two-wale tuck loops of said body yarn providing openings in said crotch area to provide ventilation thereto, said second and third course portions including wales of jersey stitches knit of said body yarn only and positioned between pairs of said two-wale tuck loops at said multiple wales to provide plural wales of said body yarn only between the openings provided by said two-wale tuck loops, and said repeating course portions with said hydrophilic yarn on the inside providing moisture-absorbing characteristics to said crotch area.