Harry, it's great to see your smiling face again! You look fit and healthy, which is excellent. Congrats on getting a nice old machine. The book looks good too.
First of all: all the best for 2024. My dear friend, I'm really pleased to see & hear from you in such a blessed situation (I admit, I was a bit worried). Good for you to put your life in another gear. Great book👍 all the best my friend
I was going to ask about the sock knitting on your last video, but I was worried it might have been a problem as we hadn't heard any more. Glad to see your progress 👍👍
Wow, that sock knitter and the book were quite the project. So happy for your acquisition and publication. Many years ago, as a very young apprentice electrician, we had a job in a "Fruit of the Loom" factory where they produced T-shirts. It was fascinating watching and listening to the machines knitting tubes for bodies, sleeves and collars. The constant clickity-klack sound was almost hypnotic. They could produce 100s of feet of knitted tube fabric a day. Then, the real artistry was how the tube fabric was cut and sewn into a T-shirt. I've since worked in all manner of fascinating factories. From magazine printing to automobile manufacturing. But, the most memorable was those knitters. The knitting factory moved out and the building converted to one of the first Amazon distribution warehouses.😳 Progress?🤔
So good to see you Harry! Hope you’re doing well. It is truly a joy seeing your videos and I probably see most of them. PS not sure if any relation but Brooks Brothers (clothing company) has a line called Golden Fleece and their main logo is the sheep that is on the box. I have your shoe book and it’s truly expressive how much you’ve done with photos and explanations.
Hi Harry. I have been trying to learn how to use a ribber. I found your book. It came yesterday. The outline of using the ribber is very helpful. However, need a good video tutorial on how to actually use a ribber for the first time. I would love if you could offer that. I admire your spirit of refurbishing old valued items! Thank you!
Great to see you again Harry. I’ll never make a pair of socks with one of those machines but it is lovely listening to you talk about them. Very soothing and comforting in a crazy world.
🌟 Harry, Thanks a million for sharing this wonderful video! It’s a blessing to see you doing much better…. Prayers 🙏’s ❤, and Blessings be with you “ YOU -> Harry! “ Take care…. It’s wonderful to see you enjoying your hobbies that you have, also sharing your many talents with all of us on TH-cam! From, Utah, USA!
Wonderful! This video just got better and better! I remember vividly your other video/s on the sock knitting machine, because I was thoroughly fascinated by it. (I even made a note in my project list "sokkemaskine".) Your enthusiasm for just about any subject is something I highly relate to. I've always been interesting in too many things! And then you tell me you've written another book! I'm getting it! I got the other one last year, and I love it! I haven't made any shoes yet, but I'm in no hurry. And I like them for the subject of simply learning as well. Thank you, Harry! You're an absolute gem!
That books looks like a remarkable piece of work! I'm sure many will appreciate it. I would love to see a demonstration of how the machine works. I'm trying to understand how it creates different structures along the tube of the sock. How is the toe made versus how the calf opening is finished.
Hi thanks with the toe and heel you have to raise needles so they do not form stitches, and with the hem, you can hang it and knit it in. That all sounds complicated, but it's easy when you have done a few following guidance.
Harry, I hope you are well! I am extremely impressed with all you've you done over the past few years on TH-cam sharing and educating on the skills and processes of many crafts once crucial to everyday life yet enjoyable and rewarding once learned. Learning and documenting these things is as important as it is healthy and good for the soul. I wish there was a way to grant an honorary PHD to you, because you certainly deserve one.
Hi Harry, so nice to see your video. Hope you are doing well. Guess we are cut from the same cloth. I also used to pull clocks apart. I also came across circular Sox machines. I’ve been able to acquire 6 LeGare 400’s of different vintages. One I have been trying to learn on. The others I’ll eventually refurbish fire sale. My first task was to start to learn how to use it so I could test the refurbed units. That has been put on hold for the past 2 1/2 years due to a new house purchase and move, and two hips and two knees replaced. I’m now back mobile again, back to setting up and organizing all of my sewing machines, wood working machines, and metal working machines and equipment. Thanks for the work you put into your new book. I’ll definitely be adding this to my reference book collection. I must say I very much miss your videos. They were great. Best Regards, John
Good to see you again Harry, and to learn about your latest adventures with socks. Fascinating to see your vintage machine, attachments and the wooden box you created to fit and transport all together. To publish another well illustrated book in such detsil seems a second great achievement on the literary front, in my opinion. It's so hard to get useful "how-to" information in book format these days, as most information on how to do (or repair stuff) is in video format, which is hard to quickly refer to when compared to looking at a book/manual. As a youngster I too used to pull things apart (mostly old radios, valves and wind-up gramophones), but I never tried socks 😂. Now I wear "pressure gradient socks" to improve leg circulation. They have decreasing tension as the height of the sock increases, to assist the venous return back up to the heart. That would be an incredibly difficult thing to manipulate on a sock making machine I imagine, but the Jobst factory manages that feat amazingly well. I bet you'd be interested in touring their factory to see how thats done with such precision for all different types of anatomy.
Thanks that's interesting, I had not heard of pressure gradient, only compression, but it sounds very clever. It's wonderful what people develop to help others...thanks
Thank you, Harry. The first time I saw these was when I went to the Framework Knitters Museum at Ruddington, just south of Nottingham. I still can't pretend I understand how they work but people used to buy them on credit to enable them to be used in the home for outworking.
Harry, I love the fact that you have chosen to use large font in your sock knitting machine book for us older generations - wishing you good health and every success.
Thanks and yes that was a very conscious decision as I know how frustrating it can be...just had two cataract ops myself, and I could not read labels and things.
Old tools are so very beautiful and your sock knitting machine is no exception. I have your book about making shoes and will have to look into this one as well, just to keep as a reference book since I can't buy one of these wonderful machines anytime soon.
Thanks for showing a topic that I had no clue would interest me until the algorithm popped it into my list. While I'm not going to begin a quest for my own sock knitting machine, I'm always interested in how things are done and perhaps the pre & post history related to a particular machine type. How were socks made before your type of machine? How are steps done after your machine? When did this style of machine go out of industrial or home use? Are all tube knitters the same, just bigger or smaller? How long did it take you to make one pair of socks from your book? How many false starts? I assume modern socks are done in big machines that spit out a sock every few seconds, but have not seen a "how it's made" video on this subject.
It's good to see you again -- I'd been thinking of you. Yes, I remembered your search for a sock knitting machine. \o/ The book looks lovely (I prefer lots of pictures, too), and I wish you much success with it.
Thank you harry for everything. May i kindly ask if you can show some comparisons on how to identify real leather to synthetic leather. Especially men's shoes. Thank you.
Some time now since we both printed our first 3D printed CSM and had some good chats in the 3D printed CSM FB group! Are you attending Going Around in Circles in Kegworth in March? I'm coming over from Sweden and would love to met you IRL. And perhaps buy a singed copy of your book 😀Even though I have done the same journey as you and renovated an antique machine, a good booka about the basics is always a good book :)
Hello Lina it's good to hear from you. Sadly I won't be at Kegworth....it looks a great event and I think you should have a very good time. Best wishes Harry
Great to see another video, and another book too! Excited to read it. Where'd you manage to find that machine? I'd love to get one but quite out of budget so looking at 3d printing one instead as I already have a printer
Those machines do not have metal needles and cannot work in reverse to do heels etc. My book only covers the metal needle machines. I think some people use the plastic machines for knitting just the sock tube.
Nice to see a new video, hope you are well.
Harry, it's great to see your smiling face again! You look fit and healthy, which is excellent.
Congrats on getting a nice old machine. The book looks good too.
Thanks, well after mentioning to you that I hadI sold all my TH-cam gear I did go and buy a cheap secondhand camera as I missed doing the odd video!
@@harryrogers
I'm glad that you did.
First of all: all the best for 2024. My dear friend, I'm really pleased to see & hear from you in such a blessed situation (I admit, I was a bit worried). Good for you to put your life in another gear. Great book👍 all the best my friend
I was going to ask about the sock knitting on your last video, but I was worried it might have been a problem as we hadn't heard any more. Glad to see your progress 👍👍
I was just thinking that I haven't seen one of your videos for a while and I am so glad to see your new toy.
Harry! So very good to see you pop up in my feed. I've been wondering if you were well for the past couple of months. Grand to see you.
Wow, that sock knitter and the book were quite the project. So happy for your acquisition and publication. Many years ago, as a very young apprentice electrician, we had a job in a "Fruit of the Loom" factory where they produced T-shirts. It was fascinating watching and listening to the machines knitting tubes for bodies, sleeves and collars. The constant clickity-klack sound was almost hypnotic. They could produce 100s of feet of knitted tube fabric a day. Then, the real artistry was how the tube fabric was cut and sewn into a T-shirt. I've since worked in all manner of fascinating factories. From magazine printing to automobile manufacturing. But, the most memorable was those knitters. The knitting factory moved out and the building converted to one of the first Amazon distribution warehouses.😳
Progress?🤔
Wow, that must have been a sight.
It’s great to hear you again on TH-cam Harry, and it’s great that here you’ve got a new toy. Another book I’ll have to get 2:14
No idea how this video ended up in my recommended but I like it!
So good to see you Harry! Hope you’re doing well. It is truly a joy seeing your videos and I probably see most of them. PS not sure if any relation but Brooks Brothers (clothing company) has a line called Golden Fleece and their main logo is the sheep that is on the box. I have your shoe book and it’s truly expressive how much you’ve done with photos and explanations.
Hi Harry. I have been trying to learn how to use a ribber. I found your book. It came yesterday. The outline of using the ribber is very helpful. However, need a good video tutorial on how to actually use a ribber for the first time. I would love if you could offer that.
I admire your spirit of refurbishing old valued items!
Thank you!
Great to see you again Harry. I’ll never make a pair of socks with one of those machines but it is lovely listening to you talk about them. Very soothing and comforting in a crazy world.
Thanks Alison
Just thought of you, Harry. There was a sock knitting machine on the BBC 1 Travelling Auctioneers programme episode 1.
Fantastic job making the box!!
🌟 Harry, Thanks a million for sharing this wonderful video! It’s a blessing to see you doing much better…. Prayers 🙏’s ❤, and Blessings be with you “ YOU -> Harry! “ Take care…. It’s wonderful to see you enjoying your hobbies that you have, also sharing your many talents with all of us on TH-cam! From, Utah, USA!
Thanks so much
Wonderful! This video just got better and better! I remember vividly your other video/s on the sock knitting machine, because I was thoroughly fascinated by it. (I even made a note in my project list "sokkemaskine".) Your enthusiasm for just about any subject is something I highly relate to. I've always been interesting in too many things! And then you tell me you've written another book! I'm getting it! I got the other one last year, and I love it! I haven't made any shoes yet, but I'm in no hurry. And I like them for the subject of simply learning as well. Thank you, Harry! You're an absolute gem!
Thanks very much Thomas
@@harryrogers I should have said "You're a wizard, Harry!" But I wasted the opportunity :^)
it shows this is the labour you love!
That books looks like a remarkable piece of work! I'm sure many will appreciate it. I would love to see a demonstration of how the machine works. I'm trying to understand how it creates different structures along the tube of the sock. How is the toe made versus how the calf opening is finished.
Hi thanks with the toe and heel you have to raise needles so they do not form stitches, and with the hem, you can hang it and knit it in. That all sounds complicated, but it's easy when you have done a few following guidance.
Hello Harry I’m so happy to see the machine in such good hands, what a transformation ! This is brilliant. I hope you’re well.
Hello Kate, it's a great machine, thanks very much for your help.
Lovely to see you popping in here again and sharing your curiosity/rabbit hole hobby making.
Thank you! 😊
Harry, I hope you are well! I am extremely impressed with all you've you done over the past few years on TH-cam sharing and educating on the skills and processes of many crafts once crucial to everyday life yet enjoyable and rewarding once learned. Learning and documenting these things is as important as it is healthy and good for the soul. I wish there was a way to grant an honorary PHD to you, because you certainly deserve one.
That made me laugh ...and thanks ...I'll explain.... my wife Sarah recently got hers after lots of very hard work!
Wow. Beautiful socks.
Hi Harry, so nice to see your video. Hope you are doing well. Guess we are cut from the same cloth. I also used to pull clocks apart. I also came across circular Sox machines. I’ve been able to acquire 6 LeGare 400’s of different vintages. One I have been trying to learn on. The others I’ll eventually refurbish fire sale. My first task was to start to learn how to use it so I could test the refurbed units. That has been put on hold for the past 2 1/2 years due to a new house purchase and move, and two hips and two knees replaced. I’m now back mobile again, back to setting up and organizing all of my sewing machines, wood working machines, and metal working machines and equipment. Thanks for the work you put into your new book. I’ll definitely be adding this to my reference book collection.
I must say I very much miss your videos. They were great.
Best Regards,
John
Thanks John...the LeGares look like great machines...closed cam 😊
Good to see you again Harry, and to learn about your latest adventures with socks. Fascinating to see your vintage machine, attachments and the wooden box you created to fit and transport all together.
To publish another well illustrated book in such detsil seems a second great achievement on the literary front, in my opinion. It's so hard to get useful "how-to" information in book format these days, as most information on how to do (or repair stuff) is in video format, which is hard to quickly refer to when compared to looking at a book/manual.
As a youngster I too used to pull things apart (mostly old radios, valves and wind-up gramophones), but I never tried socks 😂.
Now I wear "pressure gradient socks" to improve leg circulation. They have decreasing tension as the height of the sock increases, to assist the venous return back up to the heart.
That would be an incredibly difficult thing to manipulate on a sock making machine I imagine, but the Jobst factory manages that feat amazingly well. I bet you'd be interested in touring their factory to see how thats done with such precision for all different types of anatomy.
Thanks that's interesting, I had not heard of pressure gradient, only compression, but it sounds very clever. It's wonderful what people develop to help others...thanks
Thank you, Harry. The first time I saw these was when I went to the Framework Knitters Museum at Ruddington, just south of Nottingham. I still can't pretend I understand how they work but people used to buy them on credit to enable them to be used in the home for outworking.
I would like to get to that museum it looks great!
You continue to inspire, Harry! This looks excellent, and so does the book. I will go and check that out in more detail…
Thank you Patrick.
Great Roger, you got an older sock machine.
You have been busy.
All the best with your book.
Congratulations, Harry! That's quite a Machine. I hope it serves you well! Happy new year!
Well done, Harry!
Great - thanks for sharing your new explorations!
Harry, I love the fact that you have chosen to use large font in your sock knitting machine book for us older generations - wishing you good health and every success.
Thanks and yes that was a very conscious decision as I know how frustrating it can be...just had two cataract ops myself, and I could not read labels and things.
Hey yeah hi Harry hope you had a good Christmas, awesome to see a new video
Hope the book is a success, Harry, and hope that you're keeping well. Best wishes, Mandy
Old tools are so very beautiful and your sock knitting machine is no exception. I have your book about making shoes and will have to look into this one as well, just to keep as a reference book since I can't buy one of these wonderful machines anytime soon.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the update Harry, and congratulations on the book, hope it does well for you, it looks like a lot of work !
Thanks Andy
Congratulations on the new book, well done! 👏
Thanks very much
Good to see you! Great video. Thanks.
Great to see you again. Your talents never cease to amaze! Great book and love the crate you made!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for showing a topic that I had no clue would interest me until the algorithm popped it into my list.
While I'm not going to begin a quest for my own sock knitting machine, I'm always interested in how things are done and perhaps the pre & post history related to a particular machine type. How were socks made before your type of machine? How are steps done after your machine? When did this style of machine go out of industrial or home use? Are all tube knitters the same, just bigger or smaller? How long did it take you to make one pair of socks from your book? How many false starts?
I assume modern socks are done in big machines that spit out a sock every few seconds, but have not seen a "how it's made" video on this subject.
I've been wanting one for some time. I look forward to more content on it. Cheers.
Just bought your book on Amazon. Can’t wait to read it!
Thanks very much I hope you enjoy reading it. Best wishes Harry
It's nice to see you looking so hale! I hope you will be able to attend this year's bodger's ball. Those are my favorite videos of yours.
I hope so, but I will have to see.
Great to see you back. You might enjoy checking out a Hague linker for the toe seam.
Thanks for the tip!
Very cool! ❤
It's good to see you again -- I'd been thinking of you.
Yes, I remembered your search for a sock knitting machine. \o/
The book looks lovely (I prefer lots of pictures, too), and I wish you much success with it.
Thanks very much
They say print is done for, nevertheless, I did get two copies of your shoe book.
No doubt this one will be just as interesting. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
I now know a lot more,all good stuff so mant thanks :)
Thank you harry for everything. May i kindly ask if you can show some comparisons on how to identify real leather to synthetic leather. Especially men's shoes. Thank you.
A burn test is one option worth googling.
Some time now since we both printed our first 3D printed CSM and had some good chats in the 3D printed CSM FB group! Are you attending Going Around in Circles in Kegworth in March? I'm coming over from Sweden and would love to met you IRL. And perhaps buy a singed copy of your book 😀Even though I have done the same journey as you and renovated an antique machine, a good booka about the basics is always a good book :)
Hello Lina it's good to hear from you. Sadly I won't be at Kegworth....it looks a great event and I think you should have a very good time. Best wishes Harry
Maybe next year then ;) @@harryrogers
Great to see another video, and another book too! Excited to read it. Where'd you manage to find that machine? I'd love to get one but quite out of budget so looking at 3d printing one instead as I already have a printer
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That is so cool
Thanks
I've always wanted to learn how to do this. I will check out your book. Thank you for sharing...
Is your book called "The joy of socks"?
@@TheEnglishCountryHouse Well it could be!
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO USING A CIRCULAR SOCK KNITTING MACHINE: Machine with metal needles amzn.eu/d/03ezNa3h
They've got cheap plastic sock knitting machines on Amazon, but they're not well rated.
Those machines do not have metal needles and cannot work in reverse to do heels etc. My book only covers the metal needle machines. I think some people use the plastic machines for knitting just the sock tube.
I'll take a pair in camo I wear a 10 shoe US No hurry!🤣🤣🤣 You are perfect for such a machine's it a little "fiddly"?
Yes a bit tricky until you have a few goes but one learns quickly by making mistakes!!
👍👏👌
nice to see you , shoe making book sales sounds promising hope your juicing organic veg Harry its a massive help
Sock Shnitter Harry