Illustrated instruction book for the Bickford family knitting machine (1875)
Bickford, Dana. [from old catalog] · [New York, D. Bickford] · leaf 45
ted Instruction Book for the Bickford Family Knitting1 Machine. 33 plaids or squares, (see block work), knit three stitches scarlet, three white, three scarlet and three white all the way around the machine ; knit this three times, and then reverse the colors . If you want larger plaid, use more… … Fig- 7- ~^^W knit each one separately, and close like the thumb. In taking up the stitches for the fingers, 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…
Knitting machines
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