The science of knitting : an illustrated reference book of the elementary principles of knit fabrics and machine knitting, including fundamental conventions, definitions, rules, formulas and tables, for the student, operator, manufacturer and analyst (1914)
Tompkins, Ernest, 1869-, Wildman Mfg. Co · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 231
as been the lack of such understanding. For instance, it has been customary to use the term pattern to desig- nate both the impressions on the circumference of the presser and the figures in the fabric obtainable with it. But since there may be at least as many of these figures as the number of… … Illustration 6. A single tuck stitch viewed from the back of the fabric. A is the held loop, B is the tuck loop. is variable. Therefore, it is advisable to restrict the term pattern to the impressions around the circumference of the presser and to its duplication along the ribbon of fabric.…
Machine knitting
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
