operation of the circular knitting machine in mind reference can now be made to fig1 3 wherein the particular construction and arrangement of the sinkers and needles for carrying out the present invention is depicted the annularity of the knitting machine and the fact that a plurality of needles and sinkers are intended will be obvious from fig1 although only one set of needles and sinkers are shown each loop forming sinker 10 is associated with a needle 12 which itself is retained in conventional manner within a vertical bed 14 formed by the inwardly extending ribs 16 of a conventional needle cylinder 18 the needle cylinder 18 rotates about a vertical axis x x by the provision of suitable rotating means conventional cams jacks yarn feeding devices etc are also provided although as noted not shown each needle 12 has a hook 20 a latch 22 and a vertical shank 24 each sinker 10 has an elongated linear body terminating in a heel end 26 and a head end 28 the heel 26 is slideably located within an oblique slot 30 formed on the upper edge of a sinker cam ring 32 located within the cylinder 18 while the head end 28 rides in a similarly formed slot 34 aligned along the same oblique path the slot.