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 36
Fig. 16 represents a ladiesor gents slipper, made of the tuftingstitch, with the tufts inside, also trimmed around the edge with tuft-ing ; the rosette is made of fringe with the loops whole. KNITTING MACHINE. 33 T^ig. 17. … Fig. 17 represents a ladies* sock or over-shoe, and they are themost comfortable thing a lady can have in a cod day. They can bemade of any style or color to suit the taste.
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