a ratio to the system number such that the winding finger 31 carries out one full revolution when the disc 25 has travelled the distance 34 g 34 or 34 h 34 fig1 thus the number of revolutions of a winding finger 31 always corresponds exactly to the number of the knitting systems this has the advantage that the insertion of a winding finger thread can take place on one single system and that the winding finger with its holder 27 can be shifted in the circumferential direction to any desired point and fixed over any desired system thus the possibility of a multiplicity of patterns is appreciably increased since in known principles the wrapping fingers together with their mechanism are fixed in position and require the distance of a knitting system 34 g 34 in fig1 for the forward movement and likewise the distance of a knitting system 34 h 34 in fig1 for the return movement thus in the known device the distance over two knitting systems was necessary in order to insert a winding thread into a selected needle and form it into a stitch in addition it was also necessary to use special cam parts on two knitting systems lying one behind the other rendering it possible to hold the needles in the upper position until the wrapping finger has completed its eccentric controlled movement and has given the needle the opportunity to form a stitch this additional space requirement of a whole knitting system is lost to the actual production quantity which is not the case with the present invention fig1 shows the insertion of a winding thread into a needle predetermined for it the winding.