Patent ID: 7493780

Claim:
Method for production of knitted goods with the use of two groups (A, B) of knitting tools ( 1 , SA, SB) that are respectively arranged in a row, said tools being provided, on one end, with respectively one open cutout for receiving a thread or a stitch or half stitch, whereby: feeding a thread to the knitting tools of one group while holding stitches by the knitting tools of the other group; moving the tools of the other group toward the tools of the first group while tilting the tools of the other group to lift loops of the stitches over the end of the tools of the first group; retracting the tools of the other group to transfer the stitches to the tools of the first group; advancing the tools of the other group to engage the threads in the tools of the first group to form a new stitch; and, retracting the tools of the first group to transfer the new stitches to the tools of the other group.