of the blank is moved over and along the outside of the loading tube 76 toward the wind on wheels 79 as the blank reaches the wind on wheels switch 106 is operated deactivating the drive motor 66 the wind on wheels 79 strip the blank 42 from fingers 30 32 and wind the blank completely on the tube 76 for subsequent positioning of the blank toe portion for sewing upon continued rotation of the motor 92 and the cams 94 100 switch 106 is again operated energizing drive motor 66 thus rotating the arm 28 and fingers 30 32 continued rotation of the cams operate switch 108 which through the control circuit 80 solenoid valves 82 and fluid cylinder 36 causes the fingers 30 32 to close at position d the sequence program motor 92 has now completed one revolution and stops the drive motor 66 continues rotation of the arm 28 and fingers 30 32 to position a the drive cam 62 deactivates the drive motor 66 at position a when the arm 28 and the fingers complete one full revolution the fingers in the collapsed condition are now ready to receive another hosiery blank in the past an operator has been required for each toe closing machine with the use of the automatic loading assembly of the present invention an operator may operate more than one machine as shown for example by fig2 an operator may be positioned adjacent.