Go behind the scenes at a South Korean knitting factory where most of the knitting is done by well-programmed machines. In this 13-minute Factory Monster video, skeins of yarn—known as hanks—are loaded into hank dyeing machines until the color matches the design.
After drying, the yarn is spun into thread, and loaded into panel knitting machines.
From the close captioning, “this machine works just like a ‘printer’ in your home. It uses yarn instead of ink.”
The panels—arms, backs, and fronts—are stitched together by tailors with special sewing machines before they are finished with buttons, a wash, and ironing.
With the tagline “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking,” the FactoryMonster YouTube channel creates behind-the-scenes promotional videos for South Korean businesses.
Watch more videos about sewing, knitting, textiles, and factories on TKSST, including:
• How woolly sweaters are made
• The Big Cloth (An Clò-Mòr): Weaving Harris Tweed
• Planet Money’s What does it take to make a t-shirt?
• The Embroidered Art of Meredith Woolnough
• Bisa Butler: Portraits, an Exhibition Story from The Art Institute of Chicago
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