INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING
GEARHART'S
1908 FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE.
Consult this Page before removing the Machine from the Box
Remove the machine from the box by taking out the cross piece and loosening the thumb screw which holds the machine to the bottom of the box. Fasten the machine to a table, window sill or any firm support. Put the crank wheel on with the crank up, and the carrier directly in front of machine. Always put it on this way, so the crank will not strike the carrier. The crank wheel is held in position by the washer and screw H. See page 4. Screw the upright standard for yarn guide into the back part of the frame. Screw yarn guide J on top the standard. See page 19. Place the wooden bobbin with yarn on the post at the back of machine. The yarn should be the same grade as sent with the machine. Pass the end of the yarn through the hole in the guide at A. See page 4. Through the hole at B, under the loop at C, down through the hole at D. Leave the take-up-spring F free, it is only used when knitting backward and forward, for heel and toe. Tie the end of the yarn to the yarn that is
on the machine. Wind all the slack yarn on the bobbin, then hang the weight on the hook of the set-up inside the cylinder, which draws the work down. See that the little latches of the needles are all down. With the right hand, turn the crank forward slowly and if the parts
are all in proper position, the machine will begin to knit. If the stitches should rise with the needles, with the left hand press down gently on the weight until the stitche are drawn down and lie on top of cylinder. Proceed to knit, this is plain solid work. After you have knit some and become familiar with the operation of machine, break the yarn from the bobbin and turn the crank slowly, holding your left hand under the weight, while the work is run off the needles.
Before you knit any more, read the next page. Learn how to raise the needles and reverse the machine by running it backward and forward.
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