Patent ID: 7341150

Claim:
An arrangement including a set of knitting machine needles, each having a shaft that is provided with a hook at one end, an opposite end portion provided with a butt, and having planar side surfaces, and, a needle pouch for the knitting machine needles, comprising a first strip of flexible material; with a width of the first strip being greater than a width of the needle set and with a length of the first strip being greater than a length of a knitting machine needle, a second strip of flexible material; with a width of the second strip being greater than a width of the needle set, and with the second strip lying face-to-face on a portion of a flat-disposed first strip, and at least two strip-shaped connecting regions wherein the second strip is connected to the first strip to form a pouch there between, with the dimensions of the formed pouch being such that the knitting needles of the needle set are clamped together and held in parallel relationship with abutting side surfaces in alignment by the fit of the pouch and with the butt containing opposite end portions of the needles being free to be grasped by hand.