Illustrated instruction book for the Bickford family knitting machine (1873)
Bickford, Dana. [from old catalog] · New York [D. Bickford · leaf 43
d lustrnction Book for the Bickford Family Knitting Machine. 33 plaids or squares, (see block work), knit three stitches scarlet, tliree white, tliree scarlet and three white all the way around the machine ; knit this tliree times, and then reverse the colors. If 3-ou want larger plaid, use more… … the thumb. In taking up the stitches for the lingers, use two more needles (one on each side) than there are stitches, and make stitches on them for the gore, by putting the upper part of the adjoining stitches below, on them. The back of the glove can be knit with some fancy stitch, or stripes of…
Knitting machines
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