Category: Bulky
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D-slider
D slider is used with the bulky (9 mm) ribbers to create knitted panels using the drop-stitch technique.
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Mattel Knitting machine, 16 needles
Mattel’s circular plastic knitting machine was released to the market in 1975 by the toy company Mattel. It has 16 needles and can only knit simple stockinet stitches. Some patterning is possible with manual stitch manipulation. It is a simple small knitting machine capable of forming stitches when the handle is cranked in circular motion.…
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Brother KH220 knitting machine
Brother KH220 knitting machine is a bulky (9 mm gauge) machine with only manual capabilities. It features 110 needles. I did not knit on this machine but is looks very similar, if not identical, to Brother KH210 that I had a chance to work on: the color combination, the carriage shape, the needle markings, etc.…
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Singer HK100 knitting machine
Singer HK100 knitting machine is a plastic flat bed knitting machine. The needles are large and are 8 mm apart. It was released to the marker in 1983. The simplicity of this machine (only basic/manual patterning capabilities) and its plastic bed makes me think that the target audience was the hobbyists, looking to destash their…
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Brother KH260 bulky knitting machine
Brother KH260 knitting machine was released to the market in 1984. It features a metal bed with 114 needles positioned 9 mm apart. Typicaly Brother KH260 knitting machine comes in a nice pastel brown-pinkish/beige color combination. An anniversary model Brother KH260e has greenish shades. It is identical to its KH260 counterpart. (A picture of KH260e…