The invention relates to apparatus and a method for forming a knitted item from at least one length of material. The material is cast onto a ring of upstanding formations, and a drive force is applied to a drive assembly including a hook member, and to the ring to move the ring in a stepwise manner to move the upstanding formations, in turn, to the location of movement of the said hook member. The hook member is moved by the drive assembly to move a portion of material at the first side of the upstanding formation over a newly supplied part of the material and over the upstanding formation to move said material to the opposing side of the upstanding formation to form a knitted stitch. Movement of the ring and hook member is synchronised and continued in a sequential manner to form the said knitted item.

Disclosed is a convertible knitting loom that includes a first body and a second body that are connected via a hinge so that the bodies can rotate relative to each other and be used in more than one configuration. Each body includes knitting pegs for knitting yarn. The first and second bodies are configured to be provided in at least a first (closed) configuration such that the first body and the second body are parallel to each other and a second (open, linear) configuration such that the bodies are substantially linearly aligned. A removable fastener or lock pin can be used to lock the bodies of the loom in either the first or second configuration.