8 and 10 a widening of the stitch structure 32 by one stitch is performed at the left side in the same way as in the row 4 subsequently in rows 11 and 12 stitch rows are knitted over the full width of the stitch structure 32 wherein however the edge needles b and p are not stitched whereby the edge is rounded the rows 11 and 12 depending on desired contour of the stitch structure are repeated one or many times in the stitching rows 13 15 17 and 19 subsequently the stitch structure is reduced at the left side and in the stitching rows 14 16 18 and 20 is reduced at the left side until in row 21 a knitting width of two stitches remains subsequently the knot thread is inserted with the thread guide 1 by means of a tuck loop into each second needle of the front needle bed v so that it is laid u shaped around the stitch structure 32 in a subsequent clothing making step solid bodies 34 are each inserted in the stitch structure 32 subsequently the both ends of the knot thread 35 at the right end of the stitch structure 32 are contracted and knotted thereby a button like fastener element is produced without a sewing process it will be understood that each of the elements described above or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the types described above while the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in method of producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine it is not intended to be limited to the details shown since various modifications and.