When the City of New York established a textile school in1919 I was asked to take charge of the class in knitting.Although very busy in manufacturing lines, I decided to giveup a part of my time to this educational work, believing it tobe my duty to do my bit toward helping to fill a long felt wantin the industry.

There being no suitable text book available, particularly onthe elementary subjects, I was obliged to prepare my ownmaterial for the instruction of the students. The results ofthis work are contained in this volume, which is devoted tothe various types of flat latch needle machines. It is myintention to follow this with other volumes covering circularlatch needle machines, spring needle machines, etc., with theirproducts.

The various chapters of this work have been published inthe knitting technical section of TEXTILE WORLD but Ibelieve their usefulness will be increased by this revision andpublication in more convenient book form.

One of the greatest needs for the advancement of the knittingindustry to the position it should occupy in the world oftextiles is available technical information, and it is hoped thatthis volume with the ones to follow will supply, in some degree,this need.