Patent ID: 7647793

Claim:
A device for selectively knitting reverse and face stitches using needles of a common needle bed comprising a plurality of parallel tricks in which the needles slide, said device being characterized in that each of these tricks houses a composite double needle comprising two laterally open hooks formed respectively through first ends of two flat stems, wherein an inner stem is adjacent to a back face of the trick, and an outer stem is coplanar and adjacent to the inner stem, means for placing a second end of each of said stems selectively in engagement with two control means for knitting either a face stitch or a reverse stitch respectively, a final edge of the first end of the outer stem forming a slope for sliding a loop at an acute angle with its edge adjacent to the inner needle, and in that each double needle is associated with two adjacent sinkers, a first holding sinker for forming a loop or alternatively for retaining a loop, and a second sinker for clearing said loop, each of said sinkers associated with means for placing them selectively in engagement with control means.