Patent ID: 8117871

Claim:
Method for producing a knitted product on a knitting machine ( 1 ) having knitting elements ( 3 ) and at least one knitting system ( 4 ), wherein the formation of the stitches is achieved by the knitting elements ( 3 ) being raised out of a non-knitting position into a fibre take-up position, while at the same time previously formed stitches are being knocked over, and being moved into the non-knitting position again after a drafted sliver ( 6 ) fed by a roller pair ( 11 c ) is inserted, and wherein the presence of fibre material ( 6 , 17 ) is monitored, if there is no fibre material ( 6 , 17 ) an error signal is generated, and as a consequence thereof the knitting elements ( 3 ) are prevented from being raised into the fibre take-up position, characterised in that when the error signal occurs the knitting elements ( 3 ) are withdrawn from an intermediate position (C) again without the previously formed stitches being knocked over and without the sliver ( 6 ) being taken up.