The present invention relates to a method for producing a tubular compression item (1) having at least a leg part (2) , a toe (3) , a heel (4) and a foot (5), said method comprising a first step of knitting the leg part (2) and the foot (5) with at least one mesh thread (7) on a twin- cylinder knitting machine , during which an elastic weft thread (8) is inserted between two rows of ribbed meshes (n)*(p) and (n )*(p ) every 1/1 to 1/5 rows of meshes of the leg part (2) and of the foot (5) , on at least 50% by number of the number (m) of needles , without forming a charge or mesh.
