We think so little of socks. Barbara Schroeder knits socks with a 130-year-old antique sock knitting machine. The Hand Cranked Knitter and Sock Machine, invented in the United States and manufactured in North America, was essential. These machines were used between 1813 to the 1990s. Barbara tells the importance of these machines during WWI when the US had a national mobilization. Knitting was a heroic act at the time and all women were called to "knit their bit" to help the boys fighting in the trenches. Barbara cannot emphasize enough the importance of wearing wool socks, even in summer!
Producer: Özlem Ayşe Özgür
Videographers: Robert Lindberg, Eryka Dellenbach, Diana Cadena
Editor: Eryka Dellenbach
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.