guides of the weft thread layer rods do not cross the knitting needles and the weft thread guides of the weft thread layer rods are assigned feeding means relative to the knitting needles which can be guided and driven upwards and downwards between the weft thread guides and the knitting needles in such a way that the feeding means place staggered weft threads underneath the assigned knitting needles application_number US 46315000 A description fig1 to 3 show a first exemplary embodiment of a warp knitting machine which has knitting needles 34 which are guided and driven back and forth in their longitudinal direction in a knock over bar 32 and which are preceded by warp guides 36 the warp guides 36 are fastened to a warp guide bar 38 and execute a movement about the knitting needles 34 in order in each case to insert a warp yarn 40 into a knitting needle 34 when the latter is in the foremost position as indicated by broken lines in fig1 in this exemplary embodiment the knitting needles 34 are designed as spring hook needles and are driven in a known way not illustrated in any more detail a stack of weft guide bars 44 bearing the numbers 1 to 24 is arranged above the knitting needles 34 on a carrier 42 and is held on the topside by a guide 46 each weft guide bar 44 contains a row of weft guides 48 in the form of small tubes in order to supply weft yarns 50 to the knitting point 52 for the mutual guidance of the weft guide bars 44 there are for example grooves 54 into which tongues 56 of the adjacent components.