Abstract: A method for operating a conventional circular knitting machine, provided with indepenent and continuously operating pattern wheels, to develop patterns including knit, tuck, welt and terry stitches in the same course(s). By synchronizing the sinker selection and needle selection components, in a complementary manner, the resulting tubular fabric may include terry loop areas adjacent to decorative flat-knitted areas which together comprise the entire circumference of said tubular fabric rather than the dull, uninteresting non-terry areas generally resulting in tubular fabrics which include terry areas in only a portion thereof.

Abstract: A knitting machine arrangement and a method of knitting on the same are described which utilize a pair of stacked pattern wheels at each knitting station of a circular knitting machine. By alternating high and low butt knitting needle groups in successive slots of one portion of the cylinder, a singular pattern or design can be knitted by inserting appropriate jacks in the upper and lower pattern wheels which engage the associated needle groups. When the order of the high butt and low butt needles is reversed on another portion of the cylinder, alternate slots and, therefore, jacks of the pattern wheels are engaged and these may produce a different pattern or design. By dividing patterns between the upper and lower pattern wheels at each station, desired effects, such as spotting, design or pattern enlargement may be achieved by selectively placing needle groups about the periphery of the cylinder.

Abstract: A cam section block, a striping box actuator assembly, and a positioning device for a wheel nullifying cam are all secured to a plate mounted on the cam retaining ring of a circular knitting machine. A plunger of the striping box assembly and a plunger of the cam positioning device are operable by camming under the cam retaining ring, and the plate is readily removable from the machine with all components attached.