Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 158
the end of theseries, are rendered inactive, until one half the required pocket is formed;then they are successively returned to action, and circular knitting resumed.It may be also an additional thread is introduced to reinforce the wearingqualities of the heel and toe, or a differently colored… … KNITTING IN THE OLD WAY. in the same machine that fashions the foot or in a separate machine to whichthe foot is transferred, but in either case the pattern mechanism again controls. Within the last twenty years this art has been so greatly improved, es-pecially in the hosiery line, that the…
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