INDEX
Reading edition
Angora rabbit fur for knitting, 86
Artificial silk knitting yarns, 78
Average counts in knitted web, 50
Bad selvedge, causes of, 134
Bearded needle, function of, 57
—— ——, stitch formation with, 59
Blue, characteristics of, 119
Bobbin building, principles of, 94
Camel hair, uses of, 86
Cardigan rib stitches, 25
Cashmere yarns for hosiery, 85
Check designs in circular frames, 115
Clan hosiery, colour principles of, 120
Colour harmony, principles of, 122
—— contrast, 124
Constants for yarn calculations, 40
Correct texture, essentials in, 74
Cotton knitting yarns, 76
—— and wool mixtures, 83
—— yarns, setting of, 74
Cotton's patent power frame, 65
—— —— —— ——, gauging of, 67
Courses and wales, comparison of, 74
Crochet, hand, 7
Cut-up trade, 12
Damping of hosiery yarns, 96
Defects in knitted colourings, 117
Differential motion in winding, 95
English heel on full-fashioned hosiery, 105
Factory winding, disadvantages of, 91
Fancy trade, requirements for, 88
Flat knitter, technicalities of, 19
Folded yarn calculations, 46
—— thread, to find missing counts in, 53
—— yarns, costing of, 49
Footwear machines, gauges of, 100
Formulae, explanations of, 47
Foster winding frame, 94
French heel on full-fashioned hosiery, 106
Full-fashioned hosiery, manufacture of, 104
Full fabrics, description of, 70
—— -fashioned knitting, 13
Goat hairs, peculiarities of, 87
Green, place of, in knitted goods, 121
Griswold circular knitter, 99
Hand-frame knitting, 61
Hand knitting gauges, 10
Heat-retention, theory of, 5
Horizontal colour stripes, 109
Hosiery, definition of, 5
"Jacob's Ladder" defect, 129
Knitted coats, colouring of, 123
—— fabric, structure of, 1
—— ——, weight calculations, 42
—— ——, length calculations, 45
Knitting, knop effects in, 116
—— and weaving, 9
—— process, 11
—— yarns, wheeling, 27
—— ——, lamb's wool, 29
—— ——, Shetland, 30
—— ——, natural, 31
—— ——, fingering, 33
—— ——, dry-spun, 34
—— ——, counts of, 37
—— ——, mercerized, 78
—— ——, spun-silk, 79
Latch needle frames, loop formation on, 16
Laundering, rules for, 108
Loop length, variations of, 73
Merino fabrics, 84
Natural tints in underwear, 108
Needle lines in fabric, 127
Nettle fibre yarn, 88
Orange, place of, in knitted goods, 120
Patching knitted webbing, 130
Patterns from flat knitter, 23
Pattern styles in knitted goods, 110
Pigment colour theory, 117
Pinholed work, 133
Purple, place of, in knitted goods, 121
Reconstructing broken stitches, 130
Red, characteristics of, 118
Rib stitch, characteristics of, 22
136Ribbed footwear, making of, 103
Seamless hosiery trade, 14
Secondary colours, production of, 119
Separating colours, 125
Setting of knitted fabrics, 68
Silk and wool fabrics, 81
—— ——, uses of, 82
Sinker lines in fabric, 129
Slurgalled work, 131
Split stitches, 127
Stitch formation on circular frames, 102
Take-up in knitting calculations, 52
Tuck pressers, 112
—— stitch structure, 114
Vertical striped goods, 111
Washing, precautions in, 107
Weight percentages, 55
Winding of hosiery yarns, 90
Woollen yarns, setting of, 72
Yarn testing for counts, 38
—— conversion calculations, 40
——, variation in setting, 68
—— package, essentials of, 90
—— clearing system, 96
Yarns suitable for frame gauge, 75
Yellow, characteristics of, 118
—— tint in knitted goods, 107
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