Knitting machines speed up the knitting process significantly, so they’re great for when you’re pressed for time. They’re also ideal for people who can’t knit by hand for any reason. However, before ...

The University of Cincinnati's DAAP acquired a state-of-the-art digital knitting machine, boosting its textile innovation ...

Your grandma's pastime could soon be a game changing trend in the apparel industry. That's because researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Textile Lab have figured out how to translate 3D designs ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A family-run machine shop in south Cape Girardeau has been the unlikely center of a revival of the knitting machine industry. David "Pee Wee" Erlbacher has been a machinist for more ...

Those of us who to textile work may own a sewing machine and even if we’re really into it and have the funds, an overlocker. But there’s another machine in that field that few of us will have, and ...

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