SINGER
SINGER IN
SINGER IN 4@PORTLAND PERFORMING
SINGER IN 4@PORTLAND PERFORMING@ IN THE 4@207 STUDIO. >> AND THEIR PEOPLE WHO 4@CAN
CRANK YOU A PAIR OF SOCKS,
USING 4@SHEEHAN THAT DATE BACK
THE 1800, 4@30 PEOPLE - - 4@WE
THE STORY.
>> TO TURN IT SIMPLY, IT 4@4@IS
ABOUT USING MACHINES TO
HANDCRANK SOCKS.
THE CRANK4@ IS ABOUT LEARNING
SOMETHING NEW TO THE BEST 4@OF
YOUR ABILITY.
>> YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE
TENSION IS CORRECT.
>>4@ Reporter: SPEED 4@4@AND HI
THIS CIRCULAR SOCK KNITTING
MACHINES HAVE SEEN A FAIR SHARE
OF USE. 4@
THEY ARE FROM 1890.
>> THIS WAS MADE BEFORE 1914.
>> Reporter: ASK WHO TO GO TO
FOR AN EXPERT 4@OPINION AND THE
WILL SEND YOU TO JIM GRANT. 4@
HE OWNS GOOD KARMA FARM, WHERE
THE EVENT WAS HELD FOR 4@THE
EIGHTH YEAR, WHERE THE WOOL
BEING 4@USED IS HARVESTED FROM
EXCEL PACO'S AND SHEEP. 4@
THE PARTICIPANTS REALIZE JUS4@T
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS 4@TO LEARN
A CRANK.
>> THE MACHINES ARE TRICKY TO
OPERATE. 4@4@
THEY ARE
COMPLICATED SIMPLE MACHINE.
IF YOU DO NOT O4@PERATE IT
CORRECTLY YOU WILL HAVE DROPPED
STITCHES AND A TINGLE OF YARN.
IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO 4@SPIN A
WOOL SOCK BIT THERE IS ALWAYS
HELP.
FOUR4@ 4@DAYS OF4@ LESSONS ON
CRANKING, HARVESTING AND TYING
WAR.
ELLEN HAS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE
CRANKING, HARVESTING AND TYING WAR. ELLEN HAS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE@
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
>> THAT LITTLE BIT OF YARN IS
TRAPPED IN BETWEEN THE WIRE.
>> Reporter: SHE STARTED USING
A CRANK TO HELP HER MAKE SOCKS @
FOR SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS.
SHE UNDERSTANDS 4@THE FRUSTRATI
FELT BY FIRST-TIMERS AND SHE
REASSURES THEM THAT THE PAYOFF
IS WELL WORTH THE MISTAKES.
>> IT TOOK ME ABOUT A YEAR
BEFORE I CRANKED OFF A SOCK
THAT YOU CAN WEAR, IT TAKES 30 @
OR 40 HOURS TO KNIT THEM BY
HAND IT TAKES THREE OR FOUR
HOURS 4@BY MACHINE.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT THE
SAME.
>> Reporter: FOR SOME IT 4@IS A
HOBBY OUT 4@OF CURIOSITY AND FO
OTHERS IT 4@IS SENTIMENTAL.
SHE INHERITED 4@HER MACHINE,
PASSED DOWN BY GENERATION TO
GENERA4@TION.
>> MY GRANDFATHER 4@IMMIGRATED
FROM CANADA AND BROUGHT IT WITH
HIM IN THE EARLY 1920s AND HE
GAVE IT 4@TO MY MOTHER, SHE'S O
OF 12, I AM ONE OF SEVEN4@, I A
LUCKY TO 4@HAVE THIS THING.
>> Reporter: SHE HAS FOUND 4@A
WAY TO SAY THANK 4@YOU WITH THE
MACHINE.
>> I GAVE EACH O4@F MY 4@FOUR
SISTERS A PAIR OF SOCKS.
>> Reporter: SHE CAME TO LEARN
NEW TECHNIQUES AND 4@MAKE MORE
SOCKS.
IT IS THE SAME THING ALL
AROUND, THE SAME LESSONS, THE
SAME HOBBY HERE 4@JUST DIFFEREN
PATTERNS.
>> LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO JUST
WANT TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE.
>> GOOD KARMA FARM4@ ALSO SELLS
PRODUCTS MADE FROM 4@4@ALPACA A
SHEEP WOOL.
I PUT A LINK 4@IN OUR WEBSITE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN CLICK IF 4@THE
SHEEP WOOL. I PUT A LINK 4@IN OUR WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN CLICK IF 4@THE@
NEED MORE.
IT TAKES THREE OR FOUR HOURS TO
DO IT WITH A HANDCRANK, 4@MORE
EFFICIENT.
>> I HAD NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN
DO IT WITH A HANDCRANK, 4@MORE EFFICIENT. >> I HAD NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN@
THESE MACHINES, THEY ARE
FASCINATED.
>> I COULDN'T GET IT, I
COULDN'T GET OVER IT, THEY HAD
TO GET