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       Although the Lamb Flatbed Knitter was far out numbered by circular machines, they were adaptable to both factory and home use as were the circular machines. Large format machines were also built for factory use, but the family machines ranged in size from 8 inches to 24 inches bed length. Gold stencil on bright black paint made the machines attractive and probably helped sales considerably.
       The Flatbed machines had a large heavy carriage that moved back and forth over two rows of needles. The two rows were arranged so one or both rows of needles would knit as desired. Two rows knitting formed "double flat knitting", basically a one and one rib. Knitting could be done on only the front or back row or one could knit up one row and down the other, thus forming a flat tube. By selective switching of cams, knitting could also be done in the shape of a "U"  and opened into a wide flat web. The design allowed the reduction of needles in operation at one or both ends to adjust the size of the tubes or webs. A half dozen needles may be used to knit narrow webs and I-Cords.