"Sock Architecture" by Lara Neel is the most comprehensive book about how to custom-fit your handknitted socks that Pam MacKenzie has ever seen. The book includes a brief history of how socks are ...

Sock machines have a metal tube in the middle with dozens of needles that act like robotic claws, grabbing pieces of thread and knitting them. Every few minutes, each machine spurts out what's called ...