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A three-piece panty garment can include three panels formed from halves of tubular blanks knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose. As a result, such a panty garment can comprise a girth that is substantially three times the diameter of a small-diameter circul

A three-piece panty garment can include three panels formed from halves of tubular blanks knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose. As a result, such a panty garment can comprise a girth that is substantially three times the diameter of a small-diameter circular knitting machine knitting cylinder. Such panty garments and methods of making such panty garments can provide larger size panty garments, for example, size 10, 12, and 14, made on a circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose.

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What is claimed is: 1. A panty garment, comprising: a front panel and two back panels, each panel having a top and a bottom and formed from half of a tubular blank knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine; a crotch portion integrally knit with the front panel; a waistband at the top of th

What is claimed is: 1. A panty garment, comprising: a front panel and two back panels, each panel having a top and a bottom and formed from half of a tubular blank knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine; a crotch portion integrally knit with the front panel; a waistband at the top of the front and back panels; two leg openings; a lengthwise front seam joining each side of the front panel and one of the back panels and extending between the waistband and one of the leg openings; a lengthwise rear seam joining the two back panels and extending between the waistband and the crotch portion; and a rear crotch seam joining the bottoms of the two back panels with the bottom of the front panel and extending transversely between the leg openings. 2. The garment of claim 1, the circular knitting machine comprising a knitting cylinder having a diameter, and wherein the garment comprises a girth substantially three times the diameter of the knitting cylinder. 3. The garment of claim 1, wherein the front panel is formed from a first tubular blank and the two back panels are formed from a second tubular blank. 4. The garment of claim 3, wherein the two leg openings comprise cut-outs at predetermined locations about a circumference of the first and second tubular blanks. 5. The garment of claim 1, further comprising a means for making various sizes of the panty garment on the same circular knitting machine. 6. The garment of claim 5, wherein the means for making various sizes of the panty garment comprises tightening or loosening tension on yarn knit into the tubular blanks. 7. The garment of claim 5, wherein the various sizes of the panty garment comprise panty sizes 10, 12, and 14. 8. The garment of claim 1, wherein the waistband comprises an integrally knit turned waistband. 9. The garment of claim 1, wherein the waistband comprises a separate waistband sewn onto the garment after the front panel and the two back panels are sewn together. 10. The garment of claim 1, further comprising a thin band of elastic material sewn around edges of the leg openings. 11. The garment of claim 1, wherein the crotch comprises a Y-seam sewn about a lengthwise slit of the bottom of the front panel for a predetermined length. 12. The garment of claim 1, wherein the crotch comprises a stitch pattern different from a stitch pattern of the remainder of the panty garment. 13. The garment of claim 1, further comprising: yarn knit into wales and courses; a knit direction from the bottom to the top; the two leg openings comprising cut-outs across wales; and run prevention stitches knit in predetermined courses downstream from the cut-outs, wherein runs are prevented downstream from the cut-outs in a front portion of the garment. 14. The garment of claim 13, wherein the run prevention stitches comprise float stitches. 15. The garment of claim 13, wherein the run prevention stitches comprise tuck stitches. 16. The garment of claim 1, wherein the two leg openings comprise cut-outs along an angle substantially parallel to knitted wales, wherein runs are prevented downstream from the cut-outs. 17. The garment of claim 1, the circular knitting machine comprising four feeds, further comprising an ending knitting pattern of the tubular blank comprising: full courses of jersey stitches knit from all four feeds; a positive float stitch knit in the only feed knitting for at least six revolutions; and no knitting in the next-to-last revolution. 18. A three-piece panty garment, comprising: a front panel formed from half of a first tubular blank and two back panels formed from half of a second tubular blank, each tubular blank knit on a small-diameter circular knitting machine knitting cylinder having a diameter, and each panel having a top and a bottom; a crotch portion integrally knit with the front panel; a waistband at the top of the front and back panels; two leg openings; a lengthwise front seam joining each side of the front panel and one of the back panels and extending between the waistband and a topmost point of one of the leg openings; a lengthwise rear seam joining the two back panels and extending between the waistband and the crotch portion; and a rear crotch seam joining the bottoms of the two back panels with the bottom of the front panel and extending transversely between the leg openings, wherein the garment comprises a girth substantially three times the diameter of the knitting cylinder. 19. A method of making a panty garment, comprising: knitting at least two tubular blanks on a small-diameter circular knitting machine; making cut-outs for leg openings at predetermined locations about a circumference of the tubular blanks; slitting each of the tubular blanks lengthwise to form a front panel from one of the two tubular blanks and two back panels from the other tubular blank, each panel having a top and a bottom; sewing a lengthwise front seam extending between a waistband and one of the leg openings to join each side of the front panel and one of the back panels; sewing a lengthwise rear seam extending between the waistband and a crotch portion to join the two back panels; and sewing a rear crotch seam extending transversely between the leg openings to join the bottoms of the two back panels with the bottom of the front panel. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the circular knitting machine comprising a knitting cylinder having a diameter, and wherein the garment comprises a girth substantially three times the diameter of the knitting cylinder. 21. The method of claim 19, further comprising making various sizes of the panty garment on the same circular knitting machine by tightening or loosening tension on yarn knit into the tubular blanks. 22. The method of claim 19, further comprising slitting the bottom of the front panel lengthwise for a predetermined length to provide a Y-shaped crotch and sewing the slit along the crotch. 23. The method of claim 19, further comprising: knitting the garment in a direction from the bottom to the top; making leg opening cut-outs across wales; and knitting run prevention stitches in predetermined courses downstream from the cut-outs. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein knitting run prevention stitches comprises knitting float stitches or tuck stitches. 25. The method of claim 19, further comprising making leg opening cut-outs along an angle substantially parallel to knitted wales, wherein runs are prevented downstream from the cut-outs. 26. The method of claim 19, further comprising: knitting full courses of jersey stitches from all four feeds in a four-feed circular knitting machine; discontinuing knitting of three feeds at a designated point near a finish end of the garment; knitting a positive float stitch in the remaining feed for at least six revolutions; and taking down all needles below a yarn level for a full revolution in the next-to-last revolution so that no knitting occurs.