Provided is a topping device, the individual portions of which have their moving loci confined in the space for installing the body of a weft knitting machine, and the topping needles of which can draw free loci. The topping device (2) disengages the fabric, which has been knitted by a weft knitting machine (1) equipped with a needle bed (5) having a plurality of knitting needles arrayed, from the knitting needles while keeping the parallel state of stitches to be retained by the knitting needles, and transfers that fabric. The topping device (2) comprises a first spindle (21) arranged over the needle bed (5) of the weft knitting machine (1) and in parallel with the needle bed (5), first paired arms (201) extending from the two end portions of the first spindle (21), a second spindle (22)erected at the leading end portions of the first paired arms (201) and in parallel with the first spindle (21), second paired arms (202) extending from the two end portions of the second spindle (22), a third spindle (23) erected at the leading end portions of the second paired arms (202) and in parallel with the first spindle (21), and topping needles (25) arrayed on the third spindle (23).