Abstract: An apparatus for forming sheds for a jacquard machine by a hook (7), which is movably guided between a high position and a low position. A lift (9) for the hook (7) can be selectively coupled with a driver stop (11) of the lift via a control element (14) that is mounted in the frame and that is adjustable transverse to a path of movement for the hook (7) by way of a control (30). The driver stop (11) of the lift (9) can be swivelled from a stop-limited drive position into a rest position outside the path of movement of counter-stop (13) for the hook (7). The control element (14) has cam tracks 21, 22 which swivel the driver stop (11) on the lift, and a holding stop (18) for the hook (7) in the high position.