Machine Knitting (Paperback)

by Injoo Kim (Author), Ruth Burbank (Author)

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Product Description
For Fashion Design courses focusing on apparel manufacturing or machine knitting. The only beginners machine knitting book on the market to use both text, pictures and CD video clips in an effective, user-friendly format. This complete basic introduction to the fundamentals of knitting machine operation presents clear step-by-step instructions and diagrams for the methodology and principles used in machine knitting. Coverage ranges from individual techniques to the creation of entire garments, including creating fabric with original patterns, stitch designs and textures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pap/DVD edition (January 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130307408
• ISBN-13: 978-0130307408
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #534,001 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black and White Knitting Machine Manual, January 8, 2006

By	R. Stevenson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lots of pictures, which are all in black and white.

Close to 90 percent of this book is identical to the manuals that come with the machines - very basic. The DVD does show the casting on, knitting, intarsia, transfering stitches and binding off taking place, but no sound.? I finally got to see a linker in action. There is a chapter on blocking and assembling a sweater. The final chapter has a couple projects . . . a scarf, hat, sweater and slippers. I actually made 2 sets of slippers - which uses the 'short-rowing' technique.

Not a very creative book, I was expecting to learn to do some fancy stitches on my machine. But, if you've lost your manual(s), this is your book.

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful tool, September 11, 2005

By	N. Gowell - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a complete amateur to machine knitting (or even hand knitting) I found this book to be a very useful. I do not have access to classes of any form for machine knitting in my area and the book/DVD format helped clear up some of the frustrating areas that occur with the learning curve. I expect to continue to use this book/DVD as I learn more & more in this interesting craft.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Wish More College Textbooks Were This Good & Useful, June 2, 2007

By	Learning to Knit (California) - See all my reviews

Both of the authors are instructors at the University of Cincinnati in the Fashion Design Program. This is a textbook designed for students to use who have no prior background in machine knitting and are required to produce several graments by the end of the quarter. I believe the authors expect the students/reader to provide the creativity and authors provide the technical knowledge needed to produce what the students have designed. I found the book to be an excellent beginning to understanding and being able to use a knitting machine.