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Row counter
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1900-1950 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Brass with paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs Joan Green
- Museum number:
T.34-1999
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This row counter carries the inscription 'The M.P. handy guide for knitting & crochet'. Dedicated knitters used the device to keep track of the pattern they were following. They could record the number of increases or decreases required by sliding the brass knobs to mark specific numbers.
As the name suggests, increasing allows the gradual enlargement of a piece of knitting. Decreasing is the opposite process. The counter incorporates a ruler along the bottom edge as well as a knitting needle gauge. The largest needle size is 6 and 12 is the smallest.