structure with a machine in which the supports are arranged on an arc of a circle provided the radius of curvature of the arc is sufficiently large for machines having the supports arranged on a circular arc with a smaller radius of curvature the setting of the individual needles in handle 109 can be such that the needle tips lie on a curve conforming to the curve of the supports further while the needle structure of fig1 and 20 is shown as having eight individual needles it will be understood that any convenient number of such needles can be used on a common handle one manner of using the multi needle structure on a machine having linearly disposed knitting supports is illustrated in fig2 in this example needle 101 is threaded with yarn 124 needle 102 with yarn 123 needle 103 with yarn 122 needle 104 with yarn 121 needle 105 with yarn 120 needle 106 with yarn 119 needle 107 with yarn 118 and needle 108 with yarn 117 knitting is commenced with the needle structure at the extreme left hand end of the machine and initially only needle 101 is used to form stitch 125 on support 209 in the manner described in relation to the previous embodiment after completion of stitch 125 the needle structure is moved to the right by one step and needles 101 and 102 are used to form stitches 126 and 141 on supports 210 and 209 respectively again after these stitches are completed the entire needle structure is moved another step to the right and.