21. Parts to repair his complex computer-driven knitting machines took days to arrive rather than hours. 22. Tom van Lingen, a longtime knitting machine man, turned out some interesting ideas this time. 23. And the knitting machine went into overdrive on some of the large coats and jackets. 24. Bee Leong has 23 computerised flat knitting machines which canproduce a sweater in 30 minutes. 25. The first knitting machines were for making stockings. 26. The industrial hand flat knitting machine is considered to be launched by the Isaac Lamb patents. 27. These gave rise to the " Wevenit " family of knitting machines that later became famous. 28. By December 1917, Raymond H . Carhart was manager of the Tompkins Brothers Knitting Machine Company. 29. By this date, both kinds of knitting machine ( circular and rectilinear ) were electrically operated. 30. Specialized knitting machines for sock-knitting use individual latch-hook needles to make each stitch in a round frame.
