Jacquie Grant has been collecting circular sock machines for about 30 years. She owns about 200 and a factory that makes them. "It's just the technology that interests me," Grant said.

In a workshop that’s a refuge from the world, Dorothea Campbell uses her hands. Her right hand turns a crank, or manipulates dozens of needles arranged in a circle. With her left, she holds tightly to ...

RACINE — Forty-five people from seven states gathered last week at First United Methodist Church to knit as part of the first Antique Circular Sock Machine Conference in Southeast Wisconsin. The crank ...

Jamie Mayfield demonstrates the Erlbacher-Gearhart circular sock knitting machine at Fort D during Heritage Days.

RACINE - Sue VanSwol calls herself the "Socker Mom." The 58-year-old Racine woman sells socks that she makes using a rare antique circular sock machine. She demonstrated how the 1920s-era machine ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A blast from the past is on display in Springfield. You may have never heard of a circular sock machine. The contraption dates back to the 1860s, allowing for quick manufacturing.

A Springfield man pleads guilty to killing a woman and her unborn child — but authorities say he didn’t mean to shoot her, reports the Springfield News-Leader. Plus, a circular sock machine is now on ...

Blake Harris' hand crank sock machine clicks and bangs as he churns out colourful works. "As fast as I can crank the handle, it can knit for me," Harris told CBC's Information Morning. Harris makes ...