3—How to Cast Off Stitches in Shaping Garments.
4—How to Add Stitches in Shaping Garments.
5—How to Cast Off Knitting from the Rake.
6—How to Take Up the Loose Stitches at the Beginning of the Knitting.
9—How to Determine the Quantity of Yarn Required for Any Pattern.
10—How to Adapt the Patterns for Smaller or Larger Garments.
Chapter 6—Harmonious Combinations of Colors in Shawls 25-43
Color Arrangements Suggested for Eighteen Borders.
1—Buttoned Down the Front, with Sleeves, Collar and Pockets.
2—Slipover, with Sleeves, Collar and Pockets.
3—Slipover, Sleeveless and without Collar.
A few thumb tacks or brass headed carpet tacks.
The rakes can be made by a carpenter, or by anyone who can use a hammer, saw and plane.
Length—32″. Width—2⅝″. Thickness—¾″ to ⅞″. Opening down the center (black) 27″ long. ⅜″ wide.
RAKE No. 1 Nails ½″ apart in rows ¾″ apart, set as in drawing.
RAKE No. 2 Nails ⅜″ apart in rows ¾″ apart.
RAKE No. 3 Nails ⅜″ apart in rows ⅝″ apart.
RAKE No. 4 Nails ⁵⁄₁₆″ apart in rows ¹⁰⁄₁₆″ apart.
SHORT RAKES, with the same setting of nails are useful for knitting collars, pockets and belts.
Outside circle diameter = 6⅞″ Inner circle diameter = 5¼″ Shaded space cut out = ⅝″ wide Rows of nails ⅝″ apart Nails in outer row set ½″ apart Nails in inner row set ⅜″ apart Nails ½″ above surface]
Size 1. Outside dia. = 11¼″ Inside dia. = 9¼″ Nails set 1″ apart
Size 2. Outside dia. = 13″ Inside dia. = 11½″]
Yellow poplar or red gum makes a rake that is light to handle, and holds the nails securely.
Select well-seasoned lumber, free from knots, about ¾ to ⅞ inch thick. Rakes made from thinner wood give in the middle and are not satisfactory.
The opening within the rake can be cut out with a keyhole saw, or better still with a jig saw or a band saw, if such is available.
The rakes must be well-planed and sandpapered, and no roughness left anywhere to catch the wool when knitting.
_The dimensions for the rakes are given in Figs. 1, 2 and 3._
The long rakes (Fig. 1) are set with 1 inch finishing nails or with 1 inch, No. 16 wire brads. The nails must be set carefully as indicated in the drawing and project evenly ⅜ inch above the surface of the wood.
The small double round rake (Fig. 2) is set with 1 inch finishing nails.