Knitting
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A short encyclopedia entry defining knitting as an art allied to weaving, formed from a single thread making a continuous series of interlocking loops. It notes that machines have made hand knitting uneconomical for staple goods such as stockings and gloves. It describes the improved Lamb knitting machine, with two parallel rows of needles worked by cams, adjustable loop length, hand-crank operation, and a speed of four to five thousand loops a minute.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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