A professional who operates looping machine to close opening in toe of seamless hose or join knitted garment parts. Responsibilities include:

• Pulls lever or depresses pedal to rotate horizontal dial containing looping points and start trimming and seaming mechanism.
• Places each stitch along looping line of garment part or one side of toe over looping points, working against movement of dial.
• Places stitches of second garment part or side of toe over looping points holding corresponding stitches of first garment part or side of toe.
• Removes looped articles from dial of machine.
• Examines looped seams for defects.
• May mark defects with crayon.
• May thread machine, using tweezers.
• When looping contour collars to body of garment, places stitches on looping points in sequence which will curve collar to body of garment.
• May be designated according to article looped as garment looper; hosiery looper.