Illustrated instructions for setting up and running the Bickford family knitting machine, also for making the different articles thereon .. (1871)
Bickford, Dana. [from old catalog] · Hartford, Case, Lockwood & Brainard, printers · leaf 12
ngthe latch of the needle above the loop, so that, in drawing downafter it has caught the yarn, it can close the latch over the hook andallow the loop to pass over the end to form the next row of stitches.You can use one, two, or three threads, being sure that the length ofthe stitch is sufficient… … TO SET UP THE WORK. Bring the Carrier D to the left hand side of the machine; placethe bobbins upon the pins C, and put the yam through the eyeof Yam-stand B, directly over the bobbin from which you wish toknit; put the yarn through the upper eye of carrier D, bringing theend inside the cylinder ;…
Knitting machines
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