This is a hand operated machine that makes light work of the tedious hand sewing required to finish knitwear

From EuroDicAutom:

Subject - "Industries & Crafts - Finished Products (sn: manufacture, manufacturing processes and products; us: for applied arts, see: AR)"(=IN)

Definition ensamblar o unir piezas de género de punto,mediante un hilo que pasa por dentro de las mallas del borde de cada pieza,una a una
Reference T.MONTANÉ,Igualada
(1) TERM remallar
Reference T.MONTANÉ,Igualada
Note {DOM} industria textil:tejedura de punto


(1) TERM to loop
Reference Suppa,Textile Gloss
Note {DOM} textile industry:knitting



TERM máquina circular de remallar
Reference Suppa,Glos textil
(2) TERM máquina circular de remallado
Reference Suppa,Glos textil


(1) TERM circular looping machine
Reference Suppa,Textile Gloss
(2) TERM circular looper
Reference Suppa,Textile Gloss

Examples:

Full-fashioned stockings are knitted flat, then fashioned, or shaped by mechanical manipulation by programmed chains that articulated cams to drop needles from the knitting process creating the famous "fashioning marks" on the backs of the stocking. (The little V's on the back near the seams are created when a stitch is cast off, just like in hand knitting a sweater) The stockings are then joined at the back on a ***looping machine*** by hand, creating the seam up the back. The actual knitting is done on a flat knitting machine first developed in Loughborough Leicestershire, England by William Cotton in 1864. (http://www.stockingirl.com/stockings.html)

After that, she worked with her father on the farm for a few years before going to work at a Concord hosiery mill operating a ***looping machine***. (http://www.salisburypost.com/2000january/011600k.htm)

Hope it helps.