WARP KNITTING MACHINE, ESPECIALLY CROCHETING MACHINE
The invention relates to a warp knitting machine, especially a crocheting machine, comprising knitting needles (34) guided on a knock-over sinker(38) with warp thread layers (38) which are fitted upstream with warp thread guides (36) and weft thread layer rods (44) assigned to weft thread guides (48). The invention provides an improvement to a warp knitting machine, characterized in that the weft thread guides (48) of the weft thread layer rods (44) do not cross the knitting needles(34) and the weft thread guides (48) of the weft thread layer rods (44) are assigned feeding means relative to the knitting needles (34), which can be guided and driven upwards and downwards between the weft thread guides (48) and the knitting needles (34) in such a way that the feeding means (62) place staggered weft threads (50) underneath the assigned knitting needles (34).