1 0 to 1 4 millimeters so as to insure low pile formation a sinker height h2 of the more conventional sinker ranges approximately from 1 5 to 3 8 millimeters the construction of the sinker in accordance with the present invention allows low pile formation during construction of the plated pile knit fabric referring now more particularly to fig5 a diagrammatic view illustrating the loci of movements of the cylinder needle and sinker on the knitting machine is shown fig7 through 14 are sectional views taken along lines 7 7 through 14 14 in fig5 and illustrate the knitting operation in accordance with the present invention the solid horizontal transverse line 57 indicates the upper edge surface of the sinker nose ring 6 the continuous line 50 indicates the locus of movement of the hook tip 2b of needle 2 the alternate long and two dashed line 51 indicates the locus of movement of the sinker throat 8c the alternate long and dashed line 52 indicates the locus of movement for tip of the pile position control ledge 8f the dotted line 53 indicates the locus of movement of the sinker nose 8d reference numerals 54 and 55 indicate feeding positions of respective ground and pile yarns the yarns 54 55 are fed to the needles 2 by a respective yarn carrier 18 fig1 and 6 as the needles 2 successively approach the knitting station they are.