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Royal yarn winder: with the curler on the side.
This very popular yarn wonder comes as Roal, Empilsa and Silver yarn or ball winder. When I inherited this strange-looking Royal Ball winder, I quickly dismissed it and kept it in a drawer. It was when I was still in love with my KnitPicks ball winder and did not knit at high volumes from big…
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Elna ER2450 ribbing attachment
Elna ER2450 ribber fit a standard-gauge Elna ER2400 knitting machine. Elna ER2450 ribber has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Stay tuned as I am discovering details and corks of this beautiful ribbing attachment.
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Hello Hobby plastic circular knitting machine
The blue color and the cute name attracted me so much that this is one of the first circular knitting machine (of course after my most favorite Addi and most popular Sentro) in my Encyclopedia. Hello Hobby has 22 needles (similar to Add Express) and takes upto the worsted thickness yarn. It looks like it…
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Knitking KL116 knit leader
Charting devices Knitking KL116 is just another name for a Brother KL116 knit leader. Thus, read the corresponding post.
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Basic (but with needle selector) Singer 500 knitting machine
This is so important that I am writing it as a first sentence: Do not confuse this vintage basic/manual Singer 500 model with a more modern Singer 500 electronic model. I am not sure why they are NOT named differently but probably because these different models were meant for different markets. Singer 500 with basic/manual…
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Studio SK-101 knitting machine
The Studio SK101 knitting machine was made in Japan in 1962. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It is capable of only basic patterning techniques (only hand-manipulation of stitches). However, it has a needle-selector which helps to ease-up the patterning a bit. Machines with similar pattern selectors are Studio…
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Empisal Knitmaster mod. 700 knitting machine
Empisal Knitmaster mod. 700 knitting is a wonderful knitting machine with punchcard patterning abilities, 200 needles, 4. mm apart and built-in intarsia capabilities. This machine is identical to other 700-series models: Silver Reed SK700, Silver Reed 700N, Studio mod. 700, Singer MemoMatic 700K, and Singer mod. 700. Thus, read the corresponding posts and watch the…
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Singer ribbing attachment for Singer 312, 313 and 315 knitting machines
So far I do not know the model number for this ribber. But as manual for it is available online for free. It is possible that the model number of this ribber is Singer SR313 but I’ll need to confirm this info somehow. Although it also looks very similar to the Studio SR302 ribbing attachment.…