a method of making a knitting tool for a textile machine includes the following steps : stamping a knitting tool blank from stock material , wherein the stamped blank has , at an outer periphery thereof , a sharp burr and / or a sharp edge resulting from the stamping step ; and submitting the stamped blank to an embossing step for rounding and / or chamfering the sharp burr and / or the sharp edge , whereby the sharp burr and / or the sharp edge is at least partially eliminated by embossing .