Method of forming a knot on a flat knitting machine

A method of forming a knot on a flat knitting machine having at least a yarn feeder and at least a pair of needle beds, each having a plurality of needles and abutting to each other and configured to transfer a yarn between needle beds, said flat knitting machine also being configured to rack needle beds relative to each other, said method comprising the steps of

• a) feeding a yarn from the yarn feeder to an empty first needle of a first needle bed of said pair of needle beds by moving the yarn feeder past said first needle in a first direction to a first position and hooking the yarn by said needle;
• b) reversing the yarn feeder by moving the yarn feeder in a second, opposite direction and shifting the yarn feeder past said needle to a second position;
• c) transferring the yarn being hooked by said needle to an empty second needle of a second needle bed of said pair of needle beds to form a first loop;
• d) feeding the yarn from the yarn feeder to said second needle to which transfer was made to form a second loop, and knocking over said first loop to form a knot out of said first and second loops;
• e) overlapping said knot with a loop of the knitted fabric to form a double loop;
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• f) forming another loop on said double loop to fix said knot onto the knitted fabric.