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 252
The Science of Knitting 232 pairs, the height of the diagram must be an even number of courses; and since a tuck feed is followed by a plain feed, every diagram must begin with a tuck course and end with a plain course or vice versa. This arrangement of the feeds in pairs re- lieves the designer… … Illustration 41, where the designs join. But it is advisable to bear this in mind when every other feed is not plain, or else double tucks may occur unintentionally at the joining of the designs. Illustration 41 shows the face of a small piece of flat under- wear fabric knit with a tuck figure…
Machine knitting
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