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 . needles, how-ever, knit when brought into such relation to a second thread guidethat they may receive the thread, the needles casting their loops andknitting after they have taken the thread from the second thread guide,or from the same thread guide the second time, as when there is butone thread guide. 176 KNITTING 161 The thread guides referred to always supply threads to the need-les, whether knitting tu
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 . needles, how-ever, knit when brought into such relation to a second thread guidethat they may receive the thread, the needles casting their loops andknitting after they have taken the thread from the second thread guide,or from the same thread guide the second time, as when there is butone thread guide. 176 KNITTING 161 The thread guides referred to always supply threads to the need-les, whether knitting tuck or royal rib, or plain rib. When tuck or royalrib is being knitted, the needles actually knit only at alternate threadguides, consequently but half the number of courses will be knittedas when plain rib is being made, for during the knitting of plain rib,every needle knits its thread before taking another thread. Royal Rib or Tuck Stitch. The royal rib or tuck stitch differsfrom plain rib knitting only that in plain rib knitting, the cyhnderneedles, after receiving a thread, are actuated to knit before receivinganother thread; whereas in royal rib or tuck stitch, the hooks of the. Fig. 96. Side View of Head and Mechanism for Controlling theMovements of the Dial Needle Racking Guide. cylinder needles are provided with two threads before the needlesare depressed to knit. Welts are commonly knit on the needles of a rib knitting machineby temporarily discontinuing the action of one set of needles, puttingthem out of action yet permitting them to hold their loops. After afew courses of knitting have been effected on the one set of needles,the loops of the last course of the welt are joined with the loops heldon the stems of the needles which had been temporarily put out ofaction. When knitting a welt with one set of needles only, the lengthof the welt is limited to the number of loops, or courses, that the needleswill accommodate without loading up to the danger point. 177 162 KN
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