Knitting; a manual of practical instruction in the mechanical details of all types of knitting machinery, their operation, adjustment, and care (1909)
American School of Correspondence, Metcalf, M. A. [from old catalog] · Chicago, American school of correspondence · leaf 46
dles it is sometimes the custom or habit to callthe gauge the number of needles in an incli and a half, andother times to call it lialf the number of needles in three inches;but it is not good practice, though equivalent thereto. In somelocalities tlie gauge is the number of needles to the inch,… … Spring Needles Unleaded. cylinders, is mostly responsible for this lack of uniformity in des-ignating the relative degree of fineness of the fabric. The knit-ter governs himself, in the gauge matter, according to the type ofmachine he encounters, and the locality he finds himself in. If by the old…
Knitting machines
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