Knitting machines are different to hand knitting and if you can already knit by hand, it’s worth knowing that machines work differently so it might take a little time to adjust.

This simple hand crank circular knitting machine has 48 needles. You can easily adjust the yarn to give you a tight knit, loose knit or something in between.

OLIVE TOWNSHIP -- The first time our paths crossed, Mike Bronkema was sporting an Olive Township Fire Rescue T-shirt and knitting a pink sock on a hand-crank antique circular sock knitting machine.

“Hand knitting tends to use needles, whereas machine knitting tends to use more than two needles,” explains Sophie. “Machine knitting is also a lot faster.

“If women made 30 pairs in 90 days, they could keep the machines.” While it may take a fast hand knitter a week to make a pair of socks, a circular sock-knitting machine can cut that job down ...

The OpenKnit is a 3D-printer-like machine that can 'print' knitted clothing from a .STL file. ... you still need to tweak some aspects of the design by hand during the knitting process.

Enter Kniterate, a “digital knitting machine,” that makes it easy to take digital designs and automatically knit them into wearable fabrics at the push of a button.Simpler designs like scarves ...