Sweater knitting machine also referred to as flat bed or v-bed knitting machine. That have two rib gated, diagonally-approaching needle beds, set at between 90 and 104 degrees to each other and are positioned so
that the upper ends form an inverted "V". Sweater knitting machine has two needle beds arranged in an inverted v-shape.
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