Machine Knitters Workbook - Learn by Knitting Swatches

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Machine Knitters Workbook
- Learn By Knitting Swatches. With instructions for simple learning by doing swatches plus practical knitting hints.
This book was compiled and written for beginners.
Using the simplified method of construction the knitter is learning new techniques and at the same time gaining confidence in the use of your machine.
Each lesson is made up in a sample swatch and retained for future reference.
The directions were written to be used with fingering weight yarn with an approx. gauge of 8 sts & 12 rows =1”. 54 packed pages.
Contents:
Getting Started: equipment, preparation, yarn facts
Casting on: e wrap, latch tool permanent edge, figure 8 permanent edge, winding on, slip stitch permanent  edge, automatic woven, manual woven, open edge cast on with comb, open edge cast on with ravel cord and open edge with scrap yarn.
Binding off: dropping off stitches, taking off on a yarn strand, casting off, transfer stitch bind off, double transfer stitch bind off, latch tool bind off, binding off with a tapestry needle, binding off with a linker, multiple bind off.
Decreases: edge decrease, straight line, full fashioned, decorative, prominent, multiple, multiple with the lace carriage
Increases: edge, eyelet, full fashioned, multiple and increasing all on one side.
Hints for better knitting: mark a needle, mark a stitch, mark a row, knots, ripping, dropped stitches, an unravelled dropped stitch, correcting dropped stitch later.
Gauge and tension: how to make and measure a swatch
Hems: plain, picot, graduated tension, mock rib, backwards hem, mitered corner, hem on the purl side, doublebed, mock ribbing
Short rows: how and where, shoulder shaping, front band, shaping toe or heel, lower edge shaping, back of a cardigan, open bust dart
Darts: open bust dart, closed skirt dart, open skirt dart
Pockets: knit in, pocket flap, patch pocket
Sleeves: knit in set in sleeve, short row set in sleeve, knit in raglan A, knit in raglan B
Sleevelss armhole finishes: ribbed rolled edge, picking up stitches around armhole, bias tape/stretch lace
Necklines: round neck-short rowed, round neck-conventional decrease, V neck, collar for V neck, boat neck, square neck
Buttonholes: yarn over, bound, turn back, beginners, vertical, sideways, how to space buttonholes
Scallops: true scallops, mock scallops
Cables: how to make them easy
Trims: quick bias, machine faggotting, butterfly edging, fringe A, fringe B, cord knitting, flat cord
Using the ribber: bed positions, pitch, casting on , cast on with racking, cast on with permanent edge, chain cast on, binding off, cast on bound off edge, slip stitch bind off, weights
Seaming by machine: latch tool seam of 2 open edges, Nelson seam, seam as you go, lengthwise seams
Seaming by hand: mattress stitch, woven seam, kitchener stitch (grafting), latched off seam, mock hairpin lace, backstitch, hemming/whipping, seaming stitches to rows.
Crocheting: single crochet, crab stitch (backwards crochet)
Symbol chart
The care and cleaning of your machine.
Wonderful book!
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