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 . Fig. 131. Set-Up. 217 200 KNITTING needles knit the thumb. Knit back and forth forty-five times; closeoff the end of the thumb by lifting up six needles on each side; thenproceed as in knitting a heel. Push down all the twenty-four needlesand run the thumb out, leaving the yarn carrier on the left. Nowtake the selvedge stitches on each side of the thumb thus knit, begin-ning close at the bottom, and put the
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 . Fig. 131. Set-Up. 217 200 KNITTING needles knit the thumb. Knit back and forth forty-five times; closeoff the end of the thumb by lifting up six needles on each side; thenproceed as in knitting a heel. Push down all the twenty-four needlesand run the thumb out, leaving the yarn carrier on the left. Nowtake the selvedge stitches on each side of the thumb thus knit, begin-ning close at the bottom, and put them over the empty needles, twelvefrom each selvedge; put the yarn in the yarn carrier, push all the nee-. Fig, 132. Setting Up Work. dies down, and knit round and round for the hand forty or fifty off as in the toe of the stocking. While knitting the thumb holddown the strip with the left hand or heel hook (B in Fig. 114). To Close a Selvedge. Take up the short stitch with a darningneedle on each edge on the wrong side of the fabric, and sew over as inover-seaming. Every other stitch on the selvedge is a short stitch andis referred to as the selvedge stitch. iVlending Broken Stitches. Take one of the needles of the ma- 318
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