I love how many people randomly got this in their recommandations and just watched the whole thing. I think this machine qualifies as 'oddly satisfying'
I have no Idea why I just watched a whole video on how to make a sock lol. But it's like an art and I have a whole new appreciation for socks. Thank you for this video!!
I just got on board the same boat. 30 minute video - watched entire thing. How did I get here, who knows? Zombie apocalypse happens, I wanna find this lady.
If I spent this much time making my own clothes. I might have to name them to pass the time. Like, this is Bob, he is a sweater, he loves to be worn on cold nights, so he can protect the nipples of the innocent, from winter's icy grasp. It is Bob's purpose in this universe.
Hello, my late father took care of me and my five brothers by making and selling socks with such a machine. May he rest in the light. Let it be Heaven, Amen.
It’s 10pm in Japan. This was very therapeutic for my soul. I look at this process and am reminded of how my grandmother, mother, wife, and occasionally my father and grandfather spent time making sweaters, boots, gloves, socks, and so many other things by hand as gifts. I did not give them as much appreciation as I should have, but still felt the warmth then and, for those that survived 32 years, still now. Cheers!
I lost my mom about 12 years ago, my dad about five, all my young life, had sweaters and socks knitted by our mom, I truly appreciate the time living, mom sitting in her chair knitting, and all of us getting the sweaters and such that were the product of the fifties and sixties. Many years I held arms out to "square away the skeins of yarn" as she prepared to knit.
I am a machinist and welder, metal smith by trade, and found this oddly interesting. I wear out socks pretty hard, boots and all, have worked on all sorts of factory machinery and this was very interesting, makes me want to make my own socks! Thanks so much for a very interesting video!
Whoever invented that weird knitting machine must have really hated doing it all by hand Edit: how is this my most liked comment? 😂 oh well, glad we’re all here together enjoying socks
@@cirsiumc Need to use Lanolin or other wool fat creams on your hands ;). Doesn't make it faster, but that's the only way I can tolerate touching wool.
I have just seen your video and it just brought up some nice memories of my youth when I used to knit football socks for a living with my mother, I am seventy years old. I am surprise to see those machines still working. Thanks for the memories.
I spent 14 yrs working in sock mills on different types of knitting machines , some circular others reciprocating to make heel/toe socks. Fascinating to watch you make a sock by manually selecting the needles we used jacks, needles and sinkers to make all selected by cams, drops and picks.
I am not into sock making, but this type of machine/tool is just eye and ear candy to me. I am mesmerized and would love to take it apart and learn all it's parts. Love the tutorial too, you clearly made a few socks with this little gem. Very cool!
At least you get something good from the sock knitting machine; a pair of socks. Handy and practical machine and great skills to have and pass down to future generations. Now, where do I get a machine like that?
I'd be the guy with blisters on one heel because making two socks just isn't worth the effort. Also, In the event of a grid down situation - this lady must be kept alive at all costs.
@@CapApollo i think theres a lot of people not ready on a lot of levels for a lot of things lol. Whether its making any sort of clothing or canning/preserving or even reduce reuse recycle
I have to say, I hand knit socks during the winters while watching TV. My BF watches YourTube all the time and somehow came across your video and had to show me, letting me know that there was an easier way to make socks (which I find relaxing and satisfying). I immediately was memorized by your CSM and just had to have one. We started an online search, one place had a 3 year wait and another only 7-8 weeks. I am now the proud owner (don't know how to use it 100% just yet) of an Erlebacher Gearhart speadster!! thank you!! I am spending lot of my free time watching more youtube videos like yours with great excitement and anticipation of becoming a crazy sock maker. We now know what everyone is going to get from me as a present, socks with a bottle of meade in one, lol. (I also make wine and meade, along with many other hobbies).
This is phenomenal. The machine. The person making the video. The fact people still make something like this by hand. I love it. I also have no personal interest in making socks but I watched the video. Mostly because the mechanical loving side of my brain found the machine intriguing.
Me too. I can crank out 4 or 5 caps in an hour on my Addi King. In the last year I have made over a 1000 beanies and slouchy hats and several dozen scarves. And socks can also be made on my little 22 hook Addi. But there is NO WAY I would mess with this one.
That was awesome! You make it look so easy. Beautiful artistry, and beautiful socks. I have never seen one of these machines before, and to figure out how to operate a vintage one is mind boggling. Thank you for this wonderful demonstration. You are very talented.
Wow! This was Amazing. This machine made it simpler, now I know how much effort my mother and grandmother's put in hand knitting those sweaters and socks for me 😍 pure love and dedication.
...and that ladies and gentlemen is why they used to darn socks when they got a hole instead of ditching them. I had a K-tel knitter that did something similar. Except I ended up with mile long scarves and belts, lol.
This is why we just huck them now. Try doing it by hand... that's why they darned. You could make a sock in an hour like this. Knitting by hand with needles would take like a week!
My mother did this for a living. She has a profesional vintage machine who can make sweaters, scarfs, pants, etc. This machine is interesting, she would knit socks with 4 needles by hand.
They were pointy on both ends, right? Those are called round needles. Because they make a round. Knitting is one of those things that when your muscle memory takes hold, you can almost do it in your sleep
how did I get here...? Watched it all anyway, super interesting! This lady has the algorithm for perfect socks handwritten in her notebook! This is so awesome!
It's not really that bad - a little time-consuming. But I will NEVER knit as fast as this vintage machine - that's the real reason to learn how to use this vintage machine.
Isn't it amazing what people have created to make their work easier and faster? There is a really intelligent brain behind it. I can do a lot and have my skills, but I am completely brain amputated when it comes to such devices.
My mom has a knitting machine that is just straight. You drag a carrier over tons of needles. As a child I was always fascinated. But this is not new tech. As a species we have been incredibly inventive but as a regular consumer you don't see that because most of that inventiveness is hidden away in either factories or with people like this woman.
I have no interest in sewing or knitting, but I love vintage machines. Very much enjoyed your presentation here, nice work! You've created a very useful work of art.
I crochet socks. For me the process of working the rounds is very relaxing. I can crochet while watching a movie on tv. This past year I have been making shawls and lapghans for the nursing home a few blocks away. I never realized that some of these people don't ever get any gifts until the staff told me how excited the residents were to get such a simple thing. Sad really,
@@trickytreyperfected1482 Jockstrap were the norm to hold protective gear in sports and don't limit the movement of the player, they had to be custom made. Now there are better option and range of uses
Amazing video I found by accident. Apart from the skill and patience of the artisan knitter, the thing that stuck me was that some engineer somewhere, sat down with a pen and paper and designed that incredible wee machine.
I was totally riveted! I thought I'd watch for a couple of minutes but then it was like watching a thriller or something. I couldn't look away until I saw the finished socks. This was really fun, and interesting! Thank you for posting!!
yeah, it was mesmerizing. and the editing really helped. fast enough that i didn't lose interest during the repetitive parts, not so fast that i didn't know what was happening and couldn't learn from watching the actions. kinda want @EhKay3. to direct all youtube craft videos.
You noted your camera stopped recording for reasons you did not understand. Here's (most likely) why it cut off: DSLR cameras cut off automatically after shooting 29:29 continuous minutes of video. It's programmed in and can't be changed. Camera makers do that in order to avoid the EU tax on video cameras. The EU defines a video camera as a camera that can shoot 30 minutes or more of video. Manufactures do this for all DSLR cameras regardless of where they're sold so they don't have to worry about people trying to evade the tax and causing problems. You've got a nice camera and obviously know how to use it well. So long as you're aware of the 30 minute limitation, it's not too hard to plan around it - though it really sucks when you're trying to record a school play. In those cases, I stop the recording and then start it again during scene changes. This resets the internal "timer", and I can shoot another 29 minutes and 29 seconds of continuous video.
Wouldn't the battery running out earlier in the video have prevented that in this scenario though? Still useful info, but just thiking it probably doesn't apply here because of that
I just did the same thing! It popped into my recommendations this weekend- a second time in a few years, and I am back today. I watched the whole thing all over again. 😊 it is fascinating😊
Appreciating the apparatus and time taken and the cost of socks, it’s no surprise that people would darn their socks when they got a hole in them. Amazing ❤
What a magnificent machine! A completely pointless video for me but I watched the entire thing in fascination. There's something utterly amazing about understanding how things work, from simple to complex.
Love this 💕 ...I can imagine a return to these simpler times where more things are handmade and people can have a more meaningful connection with things in their lives.
Wifes Computer... That was interesting to me as I spent 9 yrs knitting socks for a living I had 6 machines to look after on an 8 hr shift ..the machines were called ' komet ' it took 5 min to make one sock that was in 1950 in England .
That's interesting, where about in England was this? I'm from the UK and this is the first time I have heard of such a machine..My grandmother and great-grandmother had various patterns when I was younger and used to look at those with trepidation!
May mom knitted socks by hand. She learned how to knit when she was a very young girl. It was a necessary thing to learn back then. I remember people would come visit mom when she was knitting socks to learn how she turned the heel. She did it in a different way to most people and it was the preferred way to turn a heel. She said that it made the heels last longer the way she did it. I don’t know anything but the very basics of knitting but the calming sound of knitting needles clicking in the comfort of a warm, wood-heated home are memories I will have forever and treasure.
As a child I remember seeing a sock knitting machine at my Gran's. I never saw her using it but I do know she used it to knit socks for our local football team in WW II. I was born in '68 and my sister and I would go with them while they washed the football kits. My Granddad would start the baths running at half time! Thank you for showing me how she made socks xxx
Always wondered how these machines worked. My Mum, who used to do a lot of machine knitting, came into two sock knitters from the very early 20th century. She's never used them - they're still in the original wooden boxes. Will have to see if I can score one to play with. Thanks for the inspiration, from an old guy who can knit but never got the knack for socks.
murraystewartj that's so so neat that she has two of them! I hope you can get your hands on one and try it out. You can even knit mittens on them as well.
Have you ever heard of trying double needle short row heel socks? That's an easy way to make socks but there is sewing involved which might be a negative if someone wants to avoid sewing. Otherwise, I think it's an easy way to hand knit socks.
27 year old man chilling with his dog, watching a 30minute video of a sock making machine... I didn't think I'd be doing that today :) I think I know what to get my mother for her birthday now.
@Rocket Pliance Ouch my feelings, you really hurt them 0w0 9 days after creating your RU-vid account and that's what you comment? See you in 2032, that's around the time I joined, right at 15 years old, fresh off edge camp,your first comments are going to be cringe that's guaranteed. What's odd is you're trying to insult somebody on the internet on a knitting channel... without any previous provocation. Sooo either you're 15 and one of the first thing you watch is knitting videos(interesting), or you're older and you... try to insult people on a knitting channel? yet you don't know how to reverse image search a "icon" (it's called a profile pic) to... what? feel superior? shut the fuck up next time, count down to 10 rows, while you knit a scarf so that you can hang it around your neck... and take a relaxing walk before posting, stay warm, stay healthy, my dog is still beside me, and I'm still in my late 20 :)
I have knitted and currently crochet. I have never seen one of these machines. I was watching something else and when it was finished your video automatically started. It's mesmerizing to watch. I love how you explain things, and how well the finished products come out. You do lovely and amazing work. Since this is the first video of yours I have seen, I subscribed and can't wait to see what other gems you offer. Thank you for sharing your skill, expertise and love with us. Hugs.
This is crazy how somebody figured out all of the aspects that it took to invent this machine. Maybe if I would use one I would understand it better. Very interesting.
That is just so awesome. To actually make socks of that quality on such a unique and sturdy machine that has held up so long over time. Your technique is cool. It would take me forever to learn this. Thank you so much for posting this video!
I’m a 40++ dude who got way too excited watching this and pretty much agrees with the rest of the comments. When I win the big jackpot lotto in a few weeks (naive much?), I’ll definitely buy one of these. Such an enjoyable and satisfying hobby.
a video on how to make a computer to watch the video databases isn't going to be too helpful if everything is gone. maybe we should be backing everything up in a form that's accessible to humans without technology, like books.
@@johnschwalb Luckily there are plenty of books on how to make computers and how to read various data formats, so as long as we can find those we should be good.
@@meadowlark22 I mean, generating power is the easy part. But the roadmap to getting down the tech tree like that is fairly well defined so I wouldn't worry about that.
That is fascinating, my grandmother taught me to crotchet because I was super hyper and it calmed me she said I was a machine and good at it but I never made socks, made potholders, blankets and tried a sweater but that machine you use is genius.
I have no idea how I got this video to pop up on my feed, but after watching, I am amazed at this machine and this lady's skill. Your voice is so soothing, and the video is hypnotic. I have no intention of ever making socks or knitting anything else, but this is a great video and your skills are outstanding. Cheers. Hope those socks go to someone who would appreciate your hard work.
Karim Jundi I agree 1000%, but she and the video and the process is so soothing and inspiring, it makes me want to knit my own socks!!! She did and amazing job, not only of making the sock but also of explaining what and why she was doing and then Walla there was a complete sock!!! I love it!!!
I grew up with the macho man education, and I never knitted anything, but seeing this for some reason is very relaxing for me, and the mechanics of this beautiful machine is amazing.
Ahhhh! How dare the algorithm recommend such a fascinating and totally random video which will now lead me on quest to acquire one of these machines! Soooo cool! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you. I've yet to purchase a CSM, but have been watching RU-vid non stop. Your video, by far, is the one that I have found to be the easiest to follow.
I came here after watching normal videos about tig welding and blacksmithing. I sure as hell dont know why this was in my recommendations. I also dont understand why I found this so incredibly interesting or why I watched the full 30 minutes without skipping. I'm so confused. Thanks for showing me this voodoo octopus folding machine and forcing me to spend the next 3 hours on Google learning what the hell just happened and why. Edit: idk why I'm even commenting here. I'm going to be pissed when I have video recommendations on blanket making for the rest of the week.
I've only ever seen knitting done by my late grandmother, my aunts, my mother and my sisters can do it too. I have to admit that I never gave it much thought, but I am a man who likes, among other things, mechanical engineering, and people who know what they are doing. Thank you for the excellent video showcasing your machine and your skills using it!
I love this video! I have my great, great grandmothers knitting machine and you taught me how to use it. I've watched you about a hundred times. Thank you!
What a fantastic machine! Beautifully made and it even sounds nice when operated - so smooth. I bet it's head-and-shoulders above the modern equivalents. Thank you for making this video and sharing such a wonderful device with us.
I use to have a trico factory and you bring back to me all the sweet memories when my dad was teaching me all about the machines ❤️🥺🌸 thank you you are so sweet
I don't know why but I watched the whole thing. It was impressive that you figured out how to use that machine, but I am even more impressed and grateful that someone back in the past had the smarts to develop the machine itself! How lucky we are today!
I'm sure someone has commented this..but these beautiful machines were often advertised as ways homemakers could supplement their families income . I love the thought that there's always been a need for local goods & there were people willing to do it. I saw the old ads in Sears & Robuck, JC Penny catalogs ( reproduction prints. bound for documentation purposes). I loved those things..if you find them keep them.
The sound of the machine clicking clanking and turning reminds me of that crazy machine your eye doctor uses to test your eyes and prescription strength. I kept expecting to hear "number one...or number two?...one....or two?"
What a lucky girl to get ahold of a machine like that. Seems like it's all there and working. Your socks are great. I have yet to try to make socks, and I'm probably not going to get a machine, so I have to try making some with dlps. Thanks for showing us how this works.
