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 37
Elements of Knitting 17 Width of Wale and of Fabric. — A wale at its widest part is made up of a loop bent over two threads side by side, and since these are all the same thread, the diameters are all the same, so the width oj the wale is four diameters. … Illustration 2. Back of plain flat fabric. But the wales touch at their widest portion so The entire width of the fabric = width of wale X number of wales = 4 dia. of yarn X number of wales = 4 dia. of yarn X number of needles.
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