A complete listing of the various inventions for producing legwear and hosiery with hand-powered or mechanical devices would be going too far - here we have listed only the most important inventions in regard to the historical development of hosiery production.

  1. About the History of the Hand-Knit Stocking
  2. About the Invention and Distribution of the Hand Knitting Frame
  3. About the History of the Hand Knitting Frame
  4. About the History of the Mechanical Flat Knitting Frame
  5. About the History of the Mechanical Circular Frame
  6. About the History of Hand Flat-Bed Knitting Machines
  7. About the History of Circular Knitting Machines
  8. Machinery of the German Hosiery Museum (Excerpt)