Creation Date

1914

Description

Gearhart's 1908 Family Knitting Machine. Clamps on to table top. Metal crank on the right hand side with wooden handle. When the crank is turned, the mechanism rotates around a cylinder to move hooks up and down and place the yarn in each needle, knitting a tube. The yarn feeds from above.

The current cylinder being used is a size 60, employing size 10 needles.

Extra parts not attached: bobbin (in use); 3 cylinders (72, 100, and a 54 which has needles and a metal band); 1 wire band; heel hook; work hook; weight with hook; extra weight; set-up; an assortment of needles sizes 10, 12, 18; one screw for unknown use.