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15.3 Gauge
On hosiery machines the gauge is usually expressed as
diameter and total number of needles.
A 4 inch 400 needle single-cylinder ladies seamless hosiery
machine: 400 needles to knit plain.
A 4 inch 200 needle cylinder and dial machine: 200 cylinder
needles and 100 dial needles.
A 4 inch 200 needle double-cylinder machine will have a total
of 200 needles to knit plain stitches in the bottom cylinder, or,
when arranged for 1 1rib, will have 100 needles knitting plain
in the bottom cylinder and 100 needles knitting rib in the top
cylinder.
Much of the early development of large- and smalldiameter single-cylinder latch needle machinery
occurred in the USA. For many years, both in Britain
and the rest of Europe, the products of these
machines were considered to be inferior in quality to
those knitted on bearded needle machinery or (later)
latch needle machines with two needle beds.
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Float-plated fishnet
Float-plated fishnet is one popular ladder-resist structure
1 1 Cross tuck is another ladder-resist structure, where alternate
needles tuck at alternate courses
Micromesh is similar although less effective because it contains less tuck
stitches.
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15.17 Tights
Early versions of tights were made by seaming a
hose leg to each leg of a pair of panties. Today, the
conventional method of constructing tights is to knit
two long seamless hose legs. In the making-up
operation, the legs are toe-closed.
The top of the legs may contain the knitted-in
elasticated waist-band or this may be seamed on
later. The crotch area may then be cut or burned out
so that a shaped gusset can be inserted and seamed
in its place.
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