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 41
fineness of the fabric or the machine, and it is understood that the same number of dial needles is also used. Stitches per Foot. — The above designation makes the length of a rib stitch include both a cylinder and a dial stitch, so that thirty-two stitches per foot of yarn means thirty-two… … Illustration 4. Dimensions of Rib Stitch. — The width of the wale is four diameters, as has already been shown. The thickness of the fabric is four diameters. The height of the stitch is four diameters. Stitches of Different Fabrics of the Same Characteristics are Proportional to the Diameter of…
Machine knitting
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