Knitting machine with at least one striping attachment

Knitting machine comprising:

• at least one carrier (1) provided with movable knitting tools (2, 3), a cam mechanism (4) having a plurality of knitting points (71) for moving selected ones of said knitting tools (2, 3) into a yarn pick-up position, a plurality of yarn changing devices, each knitting point being provided with one of said yarn changing devices (73, 74) for selectively laying yarns (78, 79) being fed from said yarn changing devices (73, 74) into said knitting tools (2, 3) being brought into said yarn pick-up position at said knitting point (71), and means for providing at least one of said knitting points (71) with at least two mutually adjacent ones of said yarn changing devices (73, 74) for selectively laying yarns being fed from a first or at least a second yarn changing device (73, 74) into selected ones of said knitting tools (2, 3) being moved into said yarn pick-up position at said at least one knitting point (71), said second yarn changing devices preceding said first yarn changing devices in a knitting direction, said means including making inactive knitting points (71) to which are assigned said second yarn changing devices (73).