The articles are formed on individual arcs of needles (13, 15) facing each other on the two bars of the cylinder (11) and of the plate (10), the articles having rows formed partly by the needles of one bar and partly by the needles of the other bar, and having two successive yarn feeds (344, 345); means for guiding and switching (458, 459) the position of the two yarns supply them to the needles at two angles and exchange their positions at each reversal of the entrainment thereof by the selective entraining means comprising pairs of hooks (342, 343; 349, 350) carried by two counter-rotating apparatuses (26; 32).
The design data of a front body and front portions of both sleeves are stored, with being separated into three kinds of data of profiles, the kinds of stitches, and patterns, such as intarsia and jacquard. Similarly, a back body and back portions of both sleeves are stored, with being separated into three kinds of design data of profiles, the kinds of stitches, and patterns, such as intarsia and jacquard. The stored design data may be displayed in a singular form, such as the front body only, and in a synthesized form, such as the front body and the front portions of the sleeves. Similarly, the front body and the back body may be synthetically displayed.