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Multiple garments such as panties, briefs, bodysuits, teddys, and brassieres are produced from a single circularly knit fabric tube. Multiple garments of differing silhouettes can be produced from the same tube. The garment includes a tubular portion for encircling the torso of a wearer, and at leas

Multiple garments such as panties, briefs, bodysuits, teddys, and brassieres are produced from a single circularly knit fabric tube. Multiple garments of differing silhouettes can be produced from the same tube. The garment includes a tubular portion for encircling the torso of a wearer, and at least one non-tubular portion for forming a crotch or gusset and/or one or two shoulder straps. The non-tubular portions of two adjacent garments are cut from the same lengthwise-extending portion of the tube. The tube in one embodiment has at least one gusset panel formed therein at one longitudinal location along the tube when two garments are to be produced from the tube, and at a plurality of longitudinal locations along the tube when more than two garments are to be produced from the tube. The gusset panel has a different knit construction from the rest of the tube. The tube is cut along silhouette sew lines to define front and rear panels and a gusset for each garment, the gussets for two adjacent garments being cut from the at least one gusset panel at one of the longitudinal locations of the tube. The tube in another embodiment is cut along sew lines to define shoulder straps.

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[What is claimed is:] [1.]circularly knitting a fabric tube sized in circumference to accommodate a wearer's torso therein;knitting at least one gusset panel into a longitudinally central portion of the tube, the central portion of the tube being continuously knit about a full circumference thereof,

[What is claimed is:] [1.]circularly knitting a fabric tube sized in circumference to accommodate a wearer's torso therein;knitting at least one gusset panel into a longitudinally central portion of the tube, the central portion of the tube being continuously knit about a full circumference thereof, the at least one gusset panel comprising at least part of the circumference of the central portion and having a knit construction differing from that of the remainder of the tube outside the central portion thereof;cutting the fabric tube along silhouette sew lines so as to divide the tube into two garment blanks each having a front panel and a rear panel and a gusset portion integrally knit with one of the front and rear panels, the opposite ends of the tube forming waist-encircling portions of the blanks and the gusset portion of each blank being cut from the at least one gusset panel; andjoining the gusset portion of each blank to the other of the front and rear panels of the blank, so as to form two garments from the fabric tube.