[received by the International Bureau on 4 November 2020 (04.1 1.2020)]

1. A method of manufacturing a knit component, the method comprising: knitting a first knit course with a first yarn type, a second yarn type, and a third yarn type, wherein the third yarn type comprises an activatable yarn type; after dropping out the first yarn type, knitting a second knit course with the second yarn type and the third yarn type, wherein the second knit course is interlooped with the first knit course; after dropping out the second yarn type, knitting an intermediate knit course with the third yarn type, wherein the intermediate knit course is interlooped with the second knit course; after dropping in the second yarn type, knitting a third knit course with the second yarn type and the third yarn type, wherein the third knit course is interlooped with the intermediate knit course; and after dropping in the first yarn type, knitting a fourth knit course with the first yarn type, the second yarn type, and the third yarn type, wherein the fourth knit course is interlooped with the third knit course, and wherein the first knit course is interlooped with the fourth knit course at two or more intervals during a knitting sequence.

2. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to claim 1, further comprising: activating the third yarn type to form an aperture in the knit component.

3. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 1 through 2, wherein a first area of a perimeter edge that defines the aperture comprises a portion of the second knit course, and wherein a second area of the perimeter edge that defines the aperture comprises a portion of the third knit course.

4. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 1 through 3, wherein the first knit course is interlooped with the third knit course at the two or more intervals using a tuck stitch.

5. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 3 through 4, wherein additional areas of the perimeter edge that defines the aperture comprise the tuck stitch at each of the two or more intervals. 6. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 1 through 5, wherein the first yarn type is plated with the second yarn type and the third yarn type in the first knit course.

7. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 1 through 6, wherein the second yarn type is plated with the third yarn type in the second knit course.

8. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 1 through 7, wherein the third yarn type activates in response to a stimulus.

9. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to claim 8, wherein the stimulus comprises thermal energy.

10. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 8 through 9, wherein the stimulus comprises an aqueous solution.

11. The method of manufacturing the knit component according to any of claims 8 through 10, wherein the first yarn type and the second yarn type are dimensionally stable when exposed to the stimulus.

12. A knit component comprising: a plurality of knit courses comprising at least a first knit course, a second knit course, a third knit course, and a fourth knit course; and an aperture defined by a perimeter edge extending from a first area to a second area, from the second area to a third area, from the third area to a fourth area, and from the fourth area to the first area, wherein: the first area is formed by an interlooping of the first knit course and the fourth knit course, the second area is formed by an interlooping of the first knit course and the second knit course, the third area is formed by an interlooping of the first knit course and the fourth knit course, and the fourth area is formed by an interlooping of the third knit course and the fourth knit course.

13. The knit component according to claim 12, wherein the first knit course is interlooped with the fourth knit course at the first area and the third area using a tuck stitch.

14. The knit component according to any of claims 12 through 13, wherein the first knit course comprises a first yarn type and a second yarn type, and wherein the fourth knit course comprises the first yarn type and the second yarn type. 33

15. The knit component according to any of claims 12 through 14, wherein the first yarn type is plated with the second yarn type in the first knit course and the fourth knit course.

16. The knit component according to any of claims 12 through 15, wherein the second knit course comprises the second yarn type, and wherein the third knit course comprises the second yarn type.

17. A knit component comprising: a first area comprising: a first knit course comprising a first yarn type and a second yarn type; a second knit course comprising the second yarn type, the second knit course interlooped with the first knit course; a third knit course comprising the second yarn type, wherein the third knit course is not interlooped with the second knit course; and a fourth knit course comprising the first yarn type and the second yarn type, the third knit course interlooped with the fourth knit course, and wherein the fourth knit course is interlooped with the first knit course at two or more intervals.

18. The knit component according to claim 17, further comprising: a series of apertures positioned between the second knit course and the third knit course.

19. The knit component according to any of claims 17 through 18, wherein a tuck stitch is used to interloop the first yarn type and the second yarn type of the fourth knit course with the first yarn type and the second yarn type of first knit course at each of the two or more intervals.

20. The knit component according to any of claims 18 through 19, wherein at least one of the series of apertures is defined by a plurality of perimeter edges, and wherein the plurality of perimeter edges comprise, in part, the tuck stitch at each of the two or more intervals.