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Abstract

An array of alternating needles and sinkers for performing a transfer stitch operation, each of said needles having an elongate shank having a hook formed on a top end thereof and a butt formed on a bottom end thereof, a latch pivotally mounted on the shank below said hook and reciprocally moveable by a yarn being formed into a loop between an open position wherein the latch resides generally alongside the shank of the needle and a closed position extending between the shank and an end of the hook, and a loop-enlarging deflector positioned on the needle shank between the latch and the butt and shaped to extend laterally into a plane defined by the hook of an immediately adjacent needle without interfering with the sinker between the needle and adjacent needle for receiving the adjacent needle through the loop whereby the loop is transferred laterally to the adjacent needle to thereby form an opening in a fabric being formed on the needles. The deflector is formed by a series of right-angle bends to efficiently and compactly form the loop.

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