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. We ...

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 ...

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 of mechanically knitting in a ...

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.

We have featured plenty of projects here on Geeky Gadgets that have been created using 3D printing technology and a new project by a team of makers is definitely worth mentioning. Circular Knitic is a ...