6 the upper side 7 of the front side 8 of the foot cap 4 the hosiery article 20 can also be strengthened in the body region 1 and for example in the region of the heel and the foot cap 4 also strengthening or reinforcing threads can be stitched into these regions if the hosiery article also fulfills a support function it can be provided with an exact predetermined elasticity by introducing suitable weft threads in the individual regions inclusion of absorptive regions is possible by using a bulk or volumetric stitching technique and suitable thread materials of course not only complete hosiery articles may be made in this way but also any arbitrary portion between the waist band 5 and the foot cap 4 such as support stockings hose or medicinal knee caps and the like may be manufactured by this method also other knit articles serving generally as clothing and engineering products which may be made by weaving and knitting are included within the scope of the invention fig3 describes a looping process for imitating introduction of weft thread or yarn to make regions of exactly predetermined elasticity in the knit article of the invention no special weft threads are used furthermore the thread in row 1 which can also be an elastic thread is taken up by every second needle of the rear needle bed h subsequently each needle of the rear needle bed h forms a loop with the thread in row 2 before each second needle of the front needle bed v takes up the thread in row 3.