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 . oduct is nearest to perfection of anything in the art of joining twoparts of a knitted garment. The beautiful flat effect which is obtained by this peculiar method,and the effectual merging of the sewing thread with those of the fabricitself are features which have effectually combined to continue thisabnormally slow process in use at the present time. This looping machine—variously called looper, turning-o
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 . oduct is nearest to perfection of anything in the art of joining twoparts of a knitted garment. The beautiful flat effect which is obtained by this peculiar method,and the effectual merging of the sewing thread with those of the fabricitself are features which have effectually combined to continue thisabnormally slow process in use at the present time. This looping machine—variously called looper, turning-off ma-cMne, or rihher—is extremely simple in construction, containing as 345 52 KNIT GOODS FINISHING it does only the principal fundamental sewing-machine functions, andit has passed through but few radical changes since its inception yearsago. Indeed, it requires no stretch of the imagination to recognizein its main features those of the orginal Elias Howe hoop wheel feedmodel for a sewing machine. Even so, it is today the only practicaldevice which will do its work perfectly, owing to the prime necessityof first impaling each individual knitted loop of both parts of the fabric. Fig, 26. Beatties Looper or Turning-Off Machine. to be united on a separate point or needle. It is from this peculiarfact that it is possible to cut, ravel, or trim, all surplus stock away fromthese loops before proceeding with the operation of sewing, thus pro-ducing in the opened-out joint, or seam, a result so perfect that thetwo parts thus joined will appear as one integral piece. Indeed, mostpeople who wear such underwear think it is knit that way, notknowing that the cloth comprising the body of a garment is knitted 346 KNIT GOODS FINISHING 53 on a circular machine, making a wale on one side only, and the firmbut very elastic rib or cuff is knit on what is termed a rib machine.(Hence the term ribber previously mentioned as applied to one ma-chine for joining these two parts together.) The rib
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