knit region is moved to the needle 123 of the second needle bed this step is performed by the leading cam system s1 while by the cam system s2 a loop 131 is formed on the needle 125 of the second needle bed adjacent to the knit goods field end and subsequently a loop 132 is formed on the needle 113 of the first needle bed released previously by the hanging over of the stitch 130 both with the yarn 120 subsequently after a reversal of the carriage displacement direction 10 and a displacement d of the second needle bed by a needle division relative to the reversed carriage motion direction according to fig2 the yarn strand 120 to be knotted is worked in the second needle bed into respective loops 133 134 on the needles 124 126 adjacent to the loop formed on the needle 125 in the subsequent process step whereby the legs of the loop 131 on the needle 125 are crossed over by a yarn strand bridge 135 the loop 131 located on the needle 125 of the second needle bed whose legs are crossed by the yarn strand bridge 135 is moved to the needle 114 of.