Abstract: An arrangement in a circular hosiery machine in which a motion drive device is provided between the needle cylinder and the dial. A program chain advances with each revolution, and a program drum advances intermittently with the action of the chain. A clutch couples and disengages two members of the drive between the cylinder and the dial, and a control of the clutch is made dependent on the program chain. The rotational motion of the dial is interrupted when the members thereof are not required, and an engagement is provided in at least one predetermined relative angular position.