A volume in Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries series on the knitting industry, covering the history of hand and machine knitting, yarn preparation, the principles of knitted fabrics, hand-knitting machines, and the manufacture of hosiery, underwear, fancy fabrics, outer garments and gloves. It closes with trimming and finishing processes such as scouring, milling, pressing, singeing and drying. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs of machines, needles, stitch structures and fabric swatches. The scan includes the publisher's advertising pages and dust cover.