2 the forward end of the knit hose 1 is placed around the tail end of the pipe 2 by an operator as shown in fig1 the reference numeral 3 designates a pair of contact rollers which are capable of rolling on the air suction pipe 2 while keeping contact with the surface thereof whereby the knit hose 1 is caused to slide on the surface of the air suction pipe 2 towards the top end thereof until the forward end of the knit hose reaches the depth of the air suction pipe 2 at this stage the terminating end of the knit hose 1 projects slightly beyond the tail end of the air suction pipe 2 when the air in the pipe 2 is sucked the knit hose 1 is sucked into the air suction pipe 2 the air suction device is a known type and a description thereof is omitted the knit hose 1 which is turned inside out is taken out at an outlet 4 the process mentioned above is hereinafter referred to as the knit hose turning section 5 referring to fig1 and 2 there is provided a bed 6 on which a crank disc 7 coupled to a driving shaft of an electric motor m 1 is mounted the crank disc 7 has a rod 8 suspended downwards the downward end of the crank rod 8 is fastened to a carrier 10 capable of vertically moving on a pair of rails 9 provided on the bed 6 the knit hose band 1 is previously provided with a toe portion 1 39 and a welt portion 1 34 between which the knit hose is additionally provided with a separating section 11 the separating section 11 is thin sufficiently to produce steps against the toe portion and.