FIELD: textile industry. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has wedge-shaped device for lifting and lowering predetermined number of needles of first and second loop half-rows, respectively; device for lifting loops of first half-row and turning them over through 180 deg about diametric axis of needle cylinder; wedge-shaped device for turning semicircular sector over 180 deg in both directions around axis of needle cylinder; device for transferring semicircular sector from knitting position to stitching position for joining stock toe edges together; device for retaining plate bodies in fixed and predetermined angular position; sewing and stitching machine for joining loop pairs in the process of toe edge stitching; device for cutting off thread and holding end of thread fed from spool. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and improved quality of stocks. 31 cl, 91 dwg
