Machine Knitters Workbook -  AnLearn by knitting swatches.  With instructions for simple learning by doing swatches plus practical knitting hints.  This book was complied and written for beginners but useful for all machine knitters.  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 approximate gauge of 8 stitches & 12 rows equal 1 inch. 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, open edge cast on with comb, open edge with ravel cord, 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 tapestry needle, 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, increasing all on one side

Hints for better knitting: mark a needle, mark a stitch, mark a row, knots, ripping, dropped stitches, an unravel dropped stitch, correcting a 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 BAn