The action or the coming out of the needles
is regulated by a screw in horizontal position, on the control cam behind the
stitch regulator No.7221. The drive rod No.7429 which puts the ribbing
attachment into action rests on the head of this screw. Its adjustment delays or
advances the action of the dial needles when the machine turns.
TOP OF THE RIBBED SOCKS- Before beginning to set up
the work, take out every third needle from the needle cylinder so as to have two
needles and an empty groove all the day around the needle cylinder, and begin to
set up the work. When the work is set up, do two rounds so that the cylinder
needles form stitches, and stop the yarn carrier No.7408 at point A; put the
ribbing attachment on the machine and follow the proceeding instructions and put
the ribbing needles into the dial in every other groove. Regulate the dial using
the regulating screw No.7244, so that the ribbing needles come out exactly
opposite the empty grooves in the cylinder. Engage the control cam of the
ribbing attachment by pushing toward the center of the machine the latch
No.7231, put the drive rod No.7419 into the arm No.7418, and do the number of
rounds required according to the length of ribbing desired. Either change the
ribbing to 3x1 for the leg of the sock, or take out the ribbing attachment and
continue the stockinette stitch for the leg length desired.
TO CHANGE FROM RIBBING TO STOCKINETTE-Stop the yarn
guide No.7408 at point A and put a needle in the empty groove of the cylinder at
point B, take the dial needle which is across from it and transfer the stitch
from this ribbing needle onto the one you have just put in the cylinder,
continue this operation all the way around the cylinder. When you get to the
dial needles which are under the control cam, turn the crank and stop the yarn
carrier No.7408 at point C, finish transferring the stitches in the same way.
Work the number of rounds so that the second sock will be like the first.
HOW TO TRANSFER A STITCH- The transfer of the stitch
from the ribbing dial needle to the cylinder needle, is made by taking the end
of the ribbing dial needle in one hand, and the heel in the other hand while
hooking the stitch or the dial needle onto that of the cylinder.
TO MAKE THE HEEL AND THE TOE OF A SOCK KNIT ENTIRELY IN
RIBBING- When the ribbed leg is knitted to the correct length, stop the yarn
carrier No.7408 at point A and take out all the ribbing needles from the dial,
between points B-C-D, transferring their stitches to the cylinder needles, turn
the crank to bring the yarn carrier to point C. Take the drive rod No.7419 out
of the arm of the ribbing attachment, lift the cylinder needles by raising the
heels of the needles up to the spring band on the needle cylinder behind the
line B-D and knit the heel in the same way as for a stockinette sock. After
finishing the heel, stop the yarn carrier at point C, put the drive rod No.7419
back in the arm No.7418 of the ribbing attachment and knit the foot to the
desired length, you will have the top of the foot in ribbing and the bottom in
stockinette. With the foot finished, stop the yarn carrier at pint C and
transfer the stitches from the ribbing needles which are still in the dial onto
those of the cylinder, and take the ribbing attachment out of the machine.
The toe is made in the same way as that of a stockinette
sock.
TYPES OF RIBBING- Different types of ribbing can be
knit on the "Legare No 47", according to the number of needles kept in
the dial and in the cylinder. The dial in the knitting machine
"Legare" can hold 36 ribbing needles and works with both 54 needles
and the 72 needle cylinders.
Here are the different kinds of ribbing which you can knit:
Ribbing 1 and 1, with all the needles in the dial and every other needle
taken out of the cylinder, One stitch on top and one inside.
Ribbing 2 and 1, with all the needles in the dial and in the cylinder,
that is 72 needles in the cylinder and 36 needles in the dial. Two stitches on
top and one inside.
Ribbing 3 and 1, with every fourth needle taken out of the cylinder and
every other needle taken out of the dial. Three stitches on the top and one
inside.
Ribbing 4 and 1, with all the needles in the cylinder and every other
needle take out of the dial. Four stitches on top and one inside.
Do a trial first of these different types of ribbing on your
machine and you will be able to decide the type most suitable for the knit work
which you have to do.
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