Davis, William, fl. 1795-1816 · London, New York [etc.] Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd · leaf 145
ct union being possible ; vertically the patch is seamed and joined to the ground fabric by a row of ordinary sewing which is drawn round to the back of the garment and which, if skilfully performed, gives but little indication of the blemish. A worker skilled in this branch of repairing knitted… … Slurgalling. — This term is applied to several defects in knitted fabrics which are the bane of hosiery manufacturing and belong to the type of imperfections which it is extremely difficult to repair, whilst in many cases it is not a practical possibility. A few stitches of this kind of…
Hosiery · Knit goods
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