Kim Williams uses an Erlbacher knitting machine to knit a sock. It took more than a year and $35,000 to "reverse engineer" the Gearhart unit.

Guelph couple Bill and Rose Graham have a restored, vintage sock-making machine that was used to supply socks to soldiers on the front lines during the Great Wars.

Fort Payne, Ala. — This Appalachian town declared itself the Sock Capital of the World for good reason. It began making stockings in 1907 and once boasted of producing 1 of every 8 pairs worn on ...

Socks by Bob has given me that something to do.” [Bob] Nowadays the gang has 2 machines working steadily and, once a week, they cut the long tubes of wool into socks.

Nara Prefecture is Japan's leading sock-producing region, accounting for 60% of domestic production and far outpacing other ...