Abstract: In a patterning arrangement for textile machines and the like, particularly for circular knitting machines, of the type wherein pattern pegs are inserted into peg-receiving holes in a pattern peg carrier provided with spaced rows of such peg-receiving holes, the following is provided, in combination: a holding arrangement operative for holding a pattern peg carrier of the type provided with spaced rows of peg-receiving holes, peg transport structure repeatedly moving back and forth between a first location and a second location, a peg feeding device activatable for feeding pegs into the peg transport structure when the peg transport structure is at the first location, a peg inserting device operative for inserting pegs into peg-receiving holes of the peg carrier whenever pegs are brought by the peg transport structure to the second location, and a control arrangement operable for controlling whether or not pegs are fed by the feeding device into the peg transport structure when the peg transport structure mov

Abstract: The knitting machine includes a carrier, and a plurality of knitting-needle units, each comprised of a needle portion and a motion-transmitting portion mounted on the carrier for longitudinal reciprocation and movable between an operative position and a non-operative position. A motion-imparting arrangement, for example comprised of lifting and lowering cams, impats longitudinal motion to those of the motion-transmitting portions which are in the operative position. A selecting arrangement selects the positions of the motion-transmitting portions. The selecting arrangement includes a selecting cam arrangement which is movable between a first position in which the selecting cam arrangement engages the motion-transmitting portions and moves the latter to one of the positions thereof and a second position in which the selecting cam arrangement is not operative for so moving the motion-transmitting portions.