A Machine Knitter’s Guide to Creating Fabrics
Susanna E Lewis & Julia Weissman
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
1986
Please read this first
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One - The Reference Chapters
1. How to use the material in this book
2. The basics
3. The mechanics of punchcard knitting
4. Jacquard punchcards
5. Accessories
Part Two – The Fabrics
1. Jacquard fabrics
2. Mosaics
3. Ripple fabrics
4. Blister fabrics
5. Double fabrics
6. Knit-weave fabrics
7. Plating
8. Pile fabrics
9. Intarsia
10. Short rows
11. Inlay fabrics
12. Embossing
13. The principles of Racking
14. Lace
15. Afterthoughts
Select biography
Knitting machine suppliers and manufacturers
Index
Author’s note
A scholarly tome.
266 pages.
350 swatches were knitted and photographed for this book.
The contents I’ve outlined here don’t do it justice – there are many subsections.
Good for both Swiss and Japanese manufactured machines.
Black and white photographs and diagrams.
