Gearhart Sock Knitting Machine

[jaemily1000]

I would so love to own one of these machines. Do you have any information of where to purchase one? I knit all of my socks by hand and think it is time for me to try and get a machine to help me out! Also, I have noticed that several youtube sock knitters do not show the finished sock....can't figure that out! Great video thank you so much!

[Borisboktor]

How much Does it cost

[GmodGIRL]

gosh such an interesting and complicated peice of machinery!!! im entranced by just watching it work! Gosh and even back in the day people were able to invent such beautiful machines like this!!! INCREDIBLE!!!......... I WANT ONE NOW!!!! LOL

[zilda1950]

que gostozo de fazer aonde eu compro essa maquina me amde o endereco e como coprarkkkkbjs

[misskittie1313]

Ack! I must have one now! Thats pretty nifty :)

[DisneyGirlJeannie92]

I bet those things are so hard to find... and if you do find them... they are really expensive.

[Ibringthetruth1]

That looks hard to do. I thought you just cranked it in one direction.

[Kyoshiko]

We found one of these still in the wooden shipping crate

[Chassid48]

Oh, I want a machine like this.

Abraham in Stephenville,TX

[momtomtse]

Do you have any working ones currently available?

[mom2amanda]

What a great machine ...thank you for sharing it with us.

[DawnChs]

The older machines are always the best made! This is amazing!

[Ritercrazy]

This is the best machine for knitting I've seen yet. Love it, and looks best for working with. Thanks for showing.

[grandcarriage1]

I loved watching you do this, ESPECIALLY the heel!... I have several flat bed knitting looms and have wanted to experiment with doing a heavier gauge seamed (no other choice) sock since I work outside and need really warm wool socks.

How heavy a (handknit) weight will this handle? Can it do a sport weight? (6st/inch or so?) Is the same machine doing the ribbing? It looks different.

Thank you for posting. VERY VERY VERY COOL!

[saprater25]

Lovely machine but I'll stick to knitting socks by hand with needles. It's just too productive for me. If I had that contraption, I'd be swimming in socks. I already give lots away as gifts now when it takes me days to knit a pair. ;)

[TheRedkdawg]

I would love to have one of these, just so I could have socks that fit.. :)

[Maxxpain997]

i really dont know what that is.. but if i were stoned.. i guess its a lotta fun!

[beingv]

I love Gearharts! I have an 1893 and a 1914B. I won a 1924/25 with stand tonight on ebay. I can't wait to get it cleaned and shinning like yours :)

[MissBelinha]

Very interesting! I always wondered how socks were knitted. How much yarn do you need for each sock?

[mashmusic11235]

@MissBelinha Actually, socks are more often knitted with knitting needles :)

It takes about 50 grams of sport weight yarn to make one adult sock, so that's 100 grams/pair.

[psychotichealth11]

:-) FYI Just found a great easy pattern at ebeginnersknitting (.) com

[dianesandiego]

I wish I could have seen the final product, looks fun!

[susy00888]

COOL!

[christchu]

now i know how a knitting machine works

thank you

[TheDiCamillos]

Mom...  if I had this Derek's socks would fit.

[ursulaheppworth]

Gosh this is simply devine....I could knit my boyfriend socks whilst roasting the partridges for sunday lunch...marvellous...5* thanks Ursula!!

[kesebet]

Very nice demonstration, I have this machine to sell, I am putting in on Ebay today.

[kemold]

Yes, a finished product was what I was waiting to see,so does it really work? That is the question.

[alaskanbob123]

= )

[wickedqueenamanda]

Where did you find this? I want one =)

[MrKijan]

you are COOL

MAN

!

[criticalzen]

cool machine.

[pyxiekit]

that is so crazy cool

[gtarbmx]

this is the coolest invention i have ever seen. and 1924. that's unbelievable.

[RebeccaFS1982]

Thats awesome!

[haileyzworld1]

That was really cool. Would have been nice to see it finished tho.

[skeeterknitwit]

Yes, what you can't see is the 6-7 lbs. of weights pulling down while it is knitting. The yarn also blooms in the wash.

[piposja]

@skeeterknitwit

For a school project I am looking for drawings of a basic circular knitting machine like this one (all parts with dimensions)

Can you help me?

Thank you.

[jfree1998]

@piposja hope you found it, if not, google for instruction manual for sock machine, you may be able to buy and download one online or even find a free copy.

[KnittyGrittyNatch]

Does the sock tighten up and all the holes disappear when it's finished?

[Tcc80s]

how much are these machines? and where do you find them? never saw one b4 i saw this vid. it's kind of weird!

[crazylanea]

Thank you so much for the video--I love how it short-rows the heels.

[KevinTheUtuber]

wut it do

[Thremdessor]

u can't read... do u???

[kristiankragelund]

i guess he can't.. !

[Pootentate]

Neat machine! Would love to have seen the finished sock, though. :/

[kissa122]

now put a v16 on it and you have socks in 10 seconds

[yeahimthechinadoll]

it knits SO quickly

OMG

[xxxJparkxxx]

I hear ya robo.

[iabbervocium]

Amazing!

[Allygal08]

This makes me so happy. lol. I'd really like to have one, but I saw some on eBay and they were $900. D:

I'll stick to my double points I suppose. x)

[mbxx2]

cool

[laugr744]

Nifty, but after all that, I would have really liked to see the finished product.

[StuckInPhilly36]

What a wonderful thing, I want one!

Thanks for the video.

[MovieMagicProduction]

wheres the sock??

[neothematrixhacker]

they could make that machine much more efficient if they put a bigger gear on the crank and a smaller gear on the crankshaft

[swizzstaifr3sh]

but were is the final work.... i was waiting to see it...

[DrownedinDreams]

aweee me too.

[anajinn]

That was so interesting.Thanks for posting it. I had heard of these machines before and wondered how they worked. I would love to try one. How did you find out how to operate it and do you need a pattern book? Did you find an instruction book somewhere?

[cheney510]

Shoot! This is great! Why don't they sell these at craft stores anymore??? Where do you get these?

[skeeterknitwit]

I restore and sell a few of these each year. It takes awhile to learn the techniques to knit socks.

I think it is easier then trying to figure out how to send you a private message with some details. ???

[skeeterknitwit]

Yes, it can make sock monkeys. Although I have not tried that yet.

[gammadeb]

I saw this machine at a museum, and had to see how it works. The curator told me I could find it here. I'm glad we don't have to knit our own socks anymore, but it is interesting to know our past.

[skeeterknitwit]

Oh, I just HAVE to reply to this one. Once you have tried wearing socks from one of these machines, you won't go back to store-bought! They are custom fit, warm natural fibers, and wear like iron. My guys finally tried them. Now they will wear nothing else! The group of sock machine owners is growing rapidly. So is the price on these little jewels. I own about 15 of them of different makes and year models. I also occasionally have one available for adoption.

[vutEwa]

@skeeterknitwit Have you got any presently? With ribber.

[bebiteherm]

j'ai visionné cet vidéo et j'ai beaucoup apprécier merci beauacoup pour les bons conseils ..

[bebiteherm]

formidable.

[RallyJudge]

I would LOVE it if you would tell us what you are doing on the video.

[farrahangel]

where is the finished sock

[juliayg77]

horay! for the industrial revolution !!

[Mortiana27]

I wanted to see the sock you made with it! :)

[LBrobie]

Yeah, me too! :)

[colten18]

why is it called a gearhart cause my last name is gearhart

[skeeterknitwit]

J. E. Gearhart patented and manufactured this version of sock machine. There were many other brands too. These antique sock machines are a little known piece of American history and ingenuity.

[colten18]

thanks for letting me know!!! :)

[potatoesandcream]

where can i get one?!

[LadyAlyss]

try ebay, i bet theres one there

[abitofwhimsie]

Thank you Thank you Thank you! I love Youtube! How in the world would I ever have found this information, not in written form, but in a way i can see and understand! You are awesome!

[chaizzilla]

that is beautiful :)

[halfwaynowhere]

I want one! That would make sock knitting a million times easier! No more evil DPNs!

[dancesocks]

Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!! I have a Gearhart 1908 that I have been trying to figure out. I need it to knit argyl socks for my 2 scottish highland dancers to go with their outfits. Now if i can just get started and figure out how to argyle and how to get them off the machine, and how to make them to fit I will be in like Flynn! Thank you. Cant wait to see your next video!

[notiteither]

Wha??!!  So where's the finished product??!!

[rexenne]

I'd love it if you could (on your next vid possibly) explain what you are doing during the video recording. I've never seen one like this up close and I am very interested in the machanics of it all. :) Awesome video none-the-less.

[dontfencemein1979]

That is very neat. Though it looks like its making socks for something with a REALLY thick ankle!

[operakatz]

It's an optical illusion...the stitches are very stretches out on the machine...it shrinks quite a bit off the machine. I have thick ankles and I have to generally loosen the tension with my machine to not have them tight on me.

[SpotlightKisser]

Any knitting machine stretches the stitches apart while on the machine. When it is taken off, the stitches settle much closer together. How much is determined by the size of the yarn (and tension on a flat bed machine).

[angel1895]

how awesome is that!

I'm not a good knitter but that thing is fricken genious!! I want one know :D