in the system i up to the knitting position in the system ii only up to the tucking position they remain in the system iii in the welting position and again driven in the system iv up to the knitting position the slide needles 12 which extend with their control foot 21 into the needle cam path 20 2 are driven in the system i up to the tucking position remain in the system ii in the welting position and in the subsequent systems iii and iv are driven up to the knitting position with the aid of the four needle paths a texture pattern is produced with a pattern width having four loops the height of the pattern is dependent upon the number of systems of the annular knitting machine for allowing the slide cam path 41 to be maintained always with the same course for each type of the needle cam path its course for knitting tucking and welting motion the cam paths must have a course which is determined relative to one another and is not shown in fig2 but instead can be seen from subsequent fig3 14 also a jacquard pattern is possible with individual needle selection by known mechanic or electronic pattern devices or selecting devices fig3 and 7 show for a circular knitting machine with slide needles and horizontally displaceble sinkers extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the needles the movement curve for the needle slide tip the movement curves of the needle head for the possible needle positions of knitting tucking and welting.