and processed in processing unit 7 in order to be stored on for example a magnetic medium fig2 also shows the angular position reading device 43 known per se and electronic interface and preamplification circuits 45 and 46 the other controls such as the setting 9 of the speed of the main motor 11 driving the needles and the setting 13 of the needle cast off are similarly recorded in processing unit 7 processing unit 7 contains the electronic circuits necessary for regulating the drive motors an information storage unit such as for example a floppy disk unit 71 and an operator communication unit such as a keyboard 72 and a screen 73 preferably electronic processing unit 7 includes text processing functions which make it possible to compose on the screen fractions of an embroidered design which are executed by a specialized operator and recorded on floppy disks it is thus possible to build up on floppy disk a 34 library 34 of embroidered designs which can be called up and composed so as to be executed automatically by the machine the electronic processing unit 7 can also include functions which make it possible to modify the designs electronically such as a modification of dimensions deformation of the designs by the action of speed and other such variables preferably the rotational speed of main motor 11 is synchronized with the other movements also the drive motors are regulated in accordance with.