A set up equipment (1, 21,51) for a flatbed knitting machine, which is installed under a needle bed gap, and which has a plurality of set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) that are aligned in a front-back direction, where on the set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) set up needles are arranged in parallel in a knitting width direction, and one set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) can be selected to elevate the set up needles to the needle bed gap, so as to cause the set up needles to capture a set up part of a fabric, and to hold and lower the captured set up part in the flatbed knitting machine in which at least a pair of needle beds are arranged so as to oppose each other at front and back sides, characterized in that the set up equipment comprises: a holder (6,26,56) that accommodates the plurality of set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) at an interval in the front-back direction and is capable of being moved in the front-back direction; an elevating mechanism (7,27,57) that is provided with an elevating guide (10,30) and an elevator (11,31,61); a selecting mechanism (8,28,58) that moves the holder (6,26,56) frontward and backward to select one set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) by adjusting its position to that of the elevator of the elevating mechanism (7,27,57); and a connecting mechanism (9,29,59) that is capable of switching between a connection between the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) and the elevator (11,31,61) to move the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) in an elevation manner by guiding with the elevating guide (10,30), or a disconnection between the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) and the elevator (11,31,61), in a state where the elevator (11,31,61) of the elevating mechanism (7,27,57) is lowered to a position of the set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) which is accommodated in the holder (6,26,56), wherein the set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) include a set up plate (5,24) having no set up needle in at least a partial section of a knitting width. a holder (6,26,56) that accommodates the plurality of set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) at an interval in the front-back direction and is capable of being moved in the front-back direction; an elevating mechanism (7,27,57) that is provided with an elevating guide (10,30) and an elevator (11,31,61); a selecting mechanism (8,28,58) that moves the holder (6,26,56) frontward and backward to select one set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) by adjusting its position to that of the elevator of the elevating mechanism (7,27,57); and a connecting mechanism (9,29,59) that is capable of switching between a connection between the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) and the elevator (11,31,61) to move the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) in an elevation manner by guiding with the elevating guide (10,30), or a disconnection between the selected set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) and the elevator (11,31,61), in a state where the elevator (11,31,61) of the elevating mechanism (7,27,57) is lowered to a position of the set up plate (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) which is accommodated in the holder (6,26,56), wherein the set up plates (3,4,5;23,24;53,54) include a set up plate (5,24) having no set up needle in at least a partial section of a knitting width.