TO SET UP WORK ON MACHINE.
Wind the yarn on the bobbin loosely
until it is full, filling the large end first, place it on the post. See Fig. 2, Page 4.
Pass the end of yarn up through the hole in the yarn guide at A, through the hole at B,
under the loop C, down through the hole at D, through the eyelet I, and through the 1 hole
in carrier G. Draw about six feet of yarn through, or enough to set up the first round of
stitches. Place the
set-up inside the cylinder and begin to set up
the work to the right of carrier. See Fig. I. Wind the thread to the right, around the
setup hook and around the needle, then around another hook and the next needle towards the
back part of the machine; continue to set up in this way winding to the right and crossing
the thread as you see in Fig.I. Should there be less hooks on the set-up than there are
needles you can put the yarn from two needles on one hook. After you have set up around
the back part of the machine and well forward on the left, hang the weight on the set-up
and turn forward slowly. (See that latches are down). This will knit and at the same time
bring the empty needles up, then proceed to finish setting up the work on these needles
the same as the others. In setting up the work, be sure to cross the yarn between the
needles and the hook, this makes a selvedge and prevents it from raveling.
Leave the work a little slack between the needles and the hooks, so as
to allow the needles to make the first round of stitches. With the work thus set up
you are ready to knit, turn the crank forward and if the stitches rise with the needles,
press down on the weight. This will knit plain solid work. The work must never raise with
the needles. For coarse work more weight is required, and the cam must be adjusted so as
to force the needles down low enough to shed the stitches.
TO KNIT STOCKINGS WITH SEAMED TOP OR RIB.
Take every third or fourth needle out of the machine,
and set up work same as with all the needles.
Knit about four stitches with the cam raised a little so as to make the
work as close as possible. Then put in the needles that were taken out and with the work
hook take the stitch below one of the adjoining needles and put it on the needles just put
in, they will form their own
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