Category: Gauge
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Brother KG88IIe garter carriage.
Brother KG88IIe garter carriage is the anniversary addition of the Brother KG88II garter carriage. It has all the same features just the color scheme it light/mint green instead of light brown. Thus, refer to a very detailed post for the Brother KG88II carriage.
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Brother KG88 garter carriage
Brother garter carriages are the only add-on carriages that works on their own: once plugged-in, it can knit alternating purl and knit stitches. Only Brother Co. manufactured such carriages. When facing the fabric while it is on the machine, we typically see purl stitches. Those are knitted by the needles on the needlebed when the…
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Two-color Brother Garter Carriages
Every garter carriage can be converted to a two-color carriage. Basically, it is a plating technique. There are several version of the special adapters needed to convert your garter carriage onto a two-color garter carriage. The learning curve might seem steep. On top of your already acquired skills on a regular garter carriage, it might…
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Brother KH868 knitting machine
Brother KH868 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It was probably made only for the Japanese markets since I have not seen any KH868 models with non-Japanese writing on the machine and the carriage. The machine has built-in garter carriage rails. Overall, this model is very similar to Brother KH860…
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JUKI K-883, One Touch Auto S knitting machine.
JUKI K-883 is a standard-gauge machine, with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. With the exception of its pleasant green-ish color, this machine is very similar to its two other counterparts: JUKI K881 and JUKI K882. Thus, read the corresponding posts, while enjoying the pictures below. Check out the very last picture as it shows the…
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JUKI K881, One Touch Auto S, knitting machine
JUKI K-881 One Touch Auto S knitting machine is very similar to another standard-gauge JUKI knitting machine with the same eight pushbuttons: JUKI K-882, and JUKI K-883, both “One Touch Auto S”. Thus, read the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below of this pretty red-colored machine (JUKI K882 is blue and JUKI K883 is…
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JUKI One touch Auto S K-882 knitting machine
JUKI K 882 has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, which makes it a standard-gauge knitting machine. The machine has eight pushbuttons which activate (i.e., push forward) the needles are when the ratchet tool is turned. The pushed-forward needles then help to form various stitches depending on the carriage settings. This (as well as JUKI K881…
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Singer SR120 ribbing attachment
Singer SR-120 ribber is an 8-mm gauge attachment to work with bulky basic/manual knitting machines with model numbers Silver SK120, and Silver Reed SK120, (also known as Kantant Bulky, Silver Kantan, Fancy Bulky), Studio Bulky Eight, and Studio SK120. These ribbers appear on the market in the early 1980s to supplement the mentioned above machines…