To provide a flame retardant both-sides raised knit fabric excellent in resistance to washing and useful for applications as clothing and living materials such as jackets for outdoor such as camping and the like, blankets used in air planes and the like.

This both-sides raised knit fabric is provided by raising the both sides of a sinker pile knit fabric comprising pile yarns and ground yarns. The pile yarn and/or the ground yarn comprise a polyester fiber containing 500-50,000 ppm phosphorus atoms.