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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

In preparation for Sock Summit Aug. 6-9 in Portland, we've asked some of the teachers to answer a few questions for us. Today's interview is with Judy Becker. According to the Sock Summit Web site: ...

Organizers of the world's first, maybe only, Sock Summit could put their feet up Sunday night, reveling in sweet memories of a sock hop at the Portland Art Museum and the satisfaction of setting a ...