Job Description:

• 1) Knits fabric from silk and elastic thread for use in surgical supports, using hand-and-foot-operated knitting machine: Marks width measurements of fabric to be knitted and adjusts machine.

• 2) Places cones of silk and elastic thread on spindles, and draws thread through machine guides and between needles.

• 3) Moves levers to activate machine and knit fabric.

• 4) Depresses pedal of elastic thread-carrier to lay elastic thread between stitches.

• 5) Passes elastic thread through each end stitch of knitted fabric and knots thread to prevent raveling, using darning needle.