Kim Williams uses an Erlbacher knitting machine to knit a sock. It took more than a year and $35,000 to "reverse engineer" the Gearhart unit.

Guelph couple Bill and Rose Graham have a restored, vintage sock-making machine that was used to supply socks to soldiers on the front lines during the Great Wars.

Fort Payne, Ala. — This Appalachian town declared itself the Sock Capital of the World for good reason. It began making stockings in 1907 and once boasted of producing 1 of every 8 pairs worn on ...

Signs will lead visitors to each studio. Anderson, who uses a 1920s-era sock-making machine to create colorful, durable socks, said he loves to use the art tour as a way to share his work with others.

Nara Prefecture is Japan's leading sock-producing region, accounting for 60% of domestic production and far outpacing other ...