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Roxana Baechle explains the Midland Fair Exhibit as follows:
There is much information packed into very little space, once attention is drawn to it.
Portable shelving such as this slatted style is easily moveable and lightweight. (Shelves are also available when needed.) In the background are displayed socks of various types which are labeled by fiber content, ribbing style, and foot style with each having a note about which cylinder was used to produce that particular sock. If a future knitter is interested in locating a machine, it is very helpful to be able to point to a particular sock and relate what cylinder will produce that type of ribbing and the type of yarn that was used.
Sock stretchers are used to enhance the display, yet retain "antique" quality. Also displayed are signs which give a brief history of how sock machines were used, both in the home (for personal use and extra income) and to produce socks for the military effort during WWI and WWII (in private homes as well as knitting rooms provided by the Red Cross and private citizens). There is also information on machines for sale when they are available. Such printed information can keep the knitters from having to repeat the same information over and over again and enable slightly more concentration on the sock. (Occasionally we still have memory lapses between questions and a sock might end up without a foot or with two heels and a toe!)
While knitting, it is very helpful to have socks completed and right next to the knitter. Then, while demonstrating, you can refer to the completed sock and show "this is where we are right now" for example.
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