A professional who knits fabric from silk and elastic thread for use in surgical supports, using hand-and-foot-operated knitting machine. Responsibilities include:

• Marks width measurements of fabric to be knitted and adjusts machine.
• Places cones of silk and elastic thread on spindles, and draws thread through machine guides and between needles.
• Moves levers to activate machine and knit fabric.
• Depresses pedal of elastic thread-carrier to lay elastic thread between stitches.
• Passes elastic thread through each end stitch of knitted fabric and knots thread to prevent raveling, using darning needle.