Mary Weaver, Machine Knitting Technology & Patterns

Machine Knitting Technology & Patterns

Single bed knitting on single and double bed machines.

Mary Weaver

Weaverknits Ltd.

1979

Contents

The knitting carriage

Yarns for machine knitting

The tension swatch

Garment shaping

The holding position

Marker threads and waste knitting

Garment bands

Buttonholes

Raglan garment knitting

The raglan patterns in this book

Men’s raglan sweaters

Ladies’ raglan sweaters

Children’s raglan sweaters

Summer blouse or overblouse

Beginner’s batwing top

Ladies’ overtop with cape sleeves

Ladies’ zip up jacket knitted sideways

Ladies’  poncho jacket

Ladies’ poncho cape knitted sideways

Ladies’  poncho with hold position shaping

Socks for single bed machines

How the punchcards work

Punching your own cards

The pre-setting row for punchcard machines

The holding position for patterned knitting

How to re-set the pattern when a mistake has been made

Tuck stitch knitting

Tuck stitch top

Tuck lace knitting

Slip, skip or float stitch

Lace knitting

Overblouse with yoke and sleeves knitted sideways

Batwing top knitted sideways

Blouson top – all machines

Fair isle knitting (colour knitting)

Men’s raglan sweater with Fair Isle yoke

Men’s basic sweater – 4 ply yarn

Knitting repeating designs which is more than 24 stitches wide

Single motif knitting (one point pattern)

Knitting a motif design which is more than 24 stitches wide

Knitting on alternate needles with thick yarn

Weaving

Plating

Intarsia

Single bed yarn changers

3 colours-in-the-row Fair Isle

Ladies’  Vee neck pullover

Trimmings

Making up knitwear

Linking machines

Charting attachments and the drawn pattern shape

Single garment design

315 pages. Black and white illustrations, technical drawings, schematics and punchcard samples – some colour illustrations of fair isle punch card designs.

Mary Weaver - Machine Knitted Skirts

Machine Knitted Skirts
Mary Weaver
Weaverknits Ltd
1982

Contents

The Pattern yarns
Abbreviations
The difference between the inch and centimeter swatch
Stocking Stitch and Mock Rib hems
Waistbands for skirts
Alternative methods for shaping a skirt
Finishing a knitted cord
Pleated skirts
Extending the rules for pleats
How to use the pleat pattern
Ribbed skirts
Skirt in 7x7 rib
Skirt in 3x3 rib
Plain Button-up jacket
Different types of Lace card
Mesh knitting with a lace carriage
Sideways pleating with mesh stitch
Pleating with lace carriage – Knitmaster/Studio machine
Punchcards; knitting methods; pressing; sizing
Lace pleated skirt
Pleating with lace carriage – Jones/Brother machines
Basic pattern for A-line skirt
Variation for A-line skirt
Pleating a 2ply yarn for a 3 ply pattern
Loose Jacket with short sleeves
Alternative way of knitting the jacket
A-line skirt for beginners – Japanese style
A-line skirts in single bed tuck stitch
A-line skirts in tuck stitch pattern
Tuck stitch jacket with double knitting
A-line woven skirt – 2 ply and double knitting
Correct needle setting for 2x2 rib
Modified 2x2 rib for sweater dresses, jacket bands etc. – Weaving
Basic pattern for 4 ply skirt
Fair Isle jacket
Jacket with Fair Isle Yoke
Basic pattern for 4 panel skirt – 3ply
Automatic selection of end needles for patterned knitting
4-panel skirt with Fair Isle and stripe patterns
Fair isle pullover – U neck
Successful knitting with Shetland wool
4 panel skirt in Shetland wool
Easy Shetland jacket
4 panel skirt in weaving and stocking stitch
Basic 4 panel skirt in 2 ply cotton
Basic 6 panel skirt – 4 ply
6 panel skirt in Alpaca with optional Llama motif – 4 ply
Alpaca jacket with traditional patterning
6 panel skirt with diagonal patterns and motifs – 4 ply
Sideways knitted skirts
The shadow knit sideways skirt
Quick to knit sideways skirt – 2 ply
Pleated shadow knit skirt
The patterned sideways skirt
Pleated skirt knitted sideways
Multi-panelled skirt with shadow rows
Basic method for lining a skirt
Ready reckoner charts

Black and white illustrations schematics and diagrams
172 pages. Soft cover, plastic ring binding.
This is a book of patterns but it is much more than that. Lots of useful information imparted from an expert knitter.