Racinian Jeanne Whiteside hosted Southeastern Wisconsin’s first annual sock crank-in event, where participants made socks, mittens, and more using circular sock knitting machines.

David A. Sommers | The Saginaw NewsLana M. Wenzel, 60, of Thomas Township knits a sock on an antique knitting machine. They will be on sale at the Hollyday Fair at the Anderson Enrichment Center.

OLIVE TOWNSHIP -- The first time our paths crossed, Mike Bronkema was sporting an Olive Township Fire Rescue T-shirt and knitting a pink sock on a hand-crank antique circular sock knitting machine.

After retiring, she bought her first antique circular sock-knitting machine from Pat Fly, who has a business in Tenino called Angora Valley Fibers. “I bought this blue one not knowing a thing ...

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It’s episode 253 of a production that began 11 years ago when a local machinist, the late Pee Wee Erlbacher, reverse-engineered an antique circular sock knitting machine from the early 20th Century.

LEWISBURG — Issac Lamb invented the first domestic knitting machine in 1863 to make mittens and gloves. A few years later he purchased rights from Mr. Tuttle for his idea ...

The socks and other garments they made helped keep soldiers warm, and the effort helped bring the country together, says Holly Korda, who wrote a book about the knitting campaign.

No, this article is not about SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 or Proxies. It’s about real socks, the ones that go onto your feet. Meet [Bob Rutherford], 88 years old, who lives in Saskatoon, Canada. He and … ...

The Gearhart circular sock making machine was first developed in the 1800s and evolved through the First and Second World Wars. ... Harris loved the socks his mother used to hand-knit, ...