About five dozen people lost jobs when Stitch Fix ceased operations at the factory and mill in November, Mr. Ford said. By March, the facilities had reopened as Buck Mason Knitting Mills, and several of the employees who had worked at them for Stitch Fix had been rehired. The cloth mill in Shillington has started to produce fabrics for Buck Mason’s T-shirts and other tops using cotton grown in California, Georgia and Texas. Albert Bareika, who was hired by Buck Mason as the mill’s knitting lead in January, said there were plans to release a limited-edition T-shirt made with fabric produced at the facility on a 1940s-era Singer Supreme machine. Its Singer Supreme machine is one of a few still in operation, added Mr. Bareika, 66, who lives in nearby Leesport, Pa., and had previously worked for Stitch Fix at the mill.

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Persons: Ford, ”, Buck Mason Knitting Mills, Buck Mason’s, Albert Bareika, Buck Mason, Bareika, “, Pleam Organizations: Singer Locations: Shillington, California , Georgia, Texas, Leesport, Pa, Mohnton, Berks County