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Title: Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile industry
Publisher: Chicago : American school of correspondence
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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Fig. 145. then the stocking or sock may be cast off the needles, and a new stock-ing or sock commenced. But if it is intended to operate the machine,to produce stocking after stocking in succession, the production of thetubular fabric may, after the formation of the toe, be continued to formthe leg of the next stocking, and so on, the fabric being cut off near thetoe, so that each stocking will present the appearance shown in Fig.145, the toe being completed by uniting the edges D D in the usualmanner. THE RIBBING MACHINE Half hose are finished with a rib top, as alluded to several timespreviously, ribbed fabric being very elastic and better adapted for thepurpose than plain knit fabric. 250
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VIEW IN KNITTING DEPT OF DES MOINES HOSIERY MILLS SHOWINGACME KNITTING MACHINES KNITTING 233 The Rib Top Machine, or Ribbing Machine as it is more com-monly called, is a single feed, full automatic machine with two banksof needles (dial and cylinder) designed especially for making rib tops.It is so constructed that almost any desired length of rib can be made,either very elastic or non-elastic, in a continuous string, having anydesired number of welts from one to six, and an extra course of longstitches, for convenience in placing the stitches on points of what isknown as a transfer, or direct on the needles of the knitting machine,according to the method in use. The ribs are cut by hand, or by a rib-cutter which the operatoroperates with the foot, severing the string between the round of longstitches (slack course) and the welts. These must be cut as near thewelts and as straight as possible, for this represents the top of the sock.When the rib is cut off we have the rib proper. It i

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