14 GreeceNewsNY.com March 2017
Keeping History Alive
The Genesee Valley Sock Machine Club (GVSMC) was founded in 2006 by Greece resident Fred Hauck. The restoration, preservation and use of antique sock machines manufactured over one hundred years ago form the basis for the Club. Currently, GVSMC has 34 members. They meet once a month and frequently get together to give public demonstrations and share their knowledge about Sock Knitting Machines. Some GVSMC members raise sheep and alpacas which provides fibers for beautiful scarves or socks. Four members of the GVSMC own the popular Master Machine manufactured in Rochester by the Home Profit Company. GVSMC founder Fred Hauck says his interest in sock knitting machines stems from his mother Florence Way Hauck. In 1923 Mrs. Hauck bought a sock knitting machine of her own. “My mother passed the sock knitting machine to me in 1976. My interest in the machines and the history of the manufacture of the machines in Rochester grew from there. From that time to the present I have been collecting, repairing, selling and engaging with others to promote the use of antique knitting machines. I receive daily calls from people with questions about the machines, I am a guidance counselor of sorts,” Fred Hauck said. Hauck’s knowledge about antique sock knitting machines grew over the years. He was a founding member of the Circular Sock Knitting Machine Society (CSKMS) - an international organization for owners and operators of circular
An 1866 Lamb Knitting Machine made in Rochester, NY.
sock knitting machines. CSKMS will hold their Annual Conference at the University of Massachusetts Campus, Amherst, Massachusetts, August 3-5, 2017. Few inhabitants of Rochester are aware that the city was the home of two knitting machine manufacturers, one of which went into business at the end of the American Civil
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