Primary knitting elements:Three primary knitting elements: Needle: Latch needle, Spring bearded needle & Compound needle. Cam: Knit cam, Tuck Cam, Missed cam Sinker: Holding down sinker, Knocking over and loop forming sinker Main parts and their functions of latch needle The hook: Grasping a new yarn in the process of knitting i.e. the hook which draws and retain the new loop. The latch: Freely rotating around the axle and tightly closing the hook owing to the spoon located at the end of the latch.