Category: 4.5 mm
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Silver SK-322 knitting machine
Silver SK322 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It appeared on the markets in 1973. This machine is the first one manufactured by the Silver/Silver Reed company with the built-in knit leader. Similar vintage knit leaders were also built into the Silver SK325, Silver SK326, and Silver SK327 models. Later…
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Studio mod. 322 knitting machine
Studio mod. 322 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles (4.5 mm apart) and punchcard reading capabilities. It also has a built-in first-generation knit leader and a tool tray. It was released for the Canadian markets. It is identical (with the exception of the color combination) to Silver SK322 (made for the Japanese market);…
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Singer MemoMatic 322 knitting machine
Singer MemoMatic 322 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles (4.5 mm apart) and punchcard reading capabilities. It also has a built-in first-generation knit leader and a tool tray. It was made by the Silver/Silver Reed company and targeted to the US markets. It is identical (with the exception of the color combination) to…
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Studio mod. 321 knitting machine
The Studio mod. 321 knitting machines appeared on the market in 1972. It is a standard-gauge knitting model (with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart). It is identical with some minor differences in color to Silver SK-321 and Singer MemoMatic 321 knitting machines, which I already described in detail in other blog posts. Thus read those…
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Silver SK-315 knitting machine
Silver SK315 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It was released to the market in the very early 1970s. Silver SK315 is a machine capable of accepting punchcards for patterning and automatic needle selection. Similar to almost identical Silver SK313 (although SK313 is bright green and SK315 is emerald green),…
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Brother Profile 550 knitting machine
Brother Profile 550, also often called Brother KH550, is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, located 4.5 mm apart. This machine can only pattern if knitters hand-manipulate stitches. Thus, it is considered a basic model. This machine is strikingly similar to another manual/basic Brother knitting machine – Brother KH500. Everything is identical with a…
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Silver SK-321 knitting machine
Silver SK321 knitting machine appeared on the market in 1972. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine (which means the needles are 4.5 mm apart) with 200 needles. It is identical to the Singer MemoMatic 321 knitting machine, which I already described in detail in my other post. Silver SK321 features a flat metal bed with…
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Silver Sk-313 knitting machine
Silver SK313 knitting machine appeared on the market in 1970. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. This machine has punch-card reading capabilities to automatically select needles and create patterned knitted fabric. Unlikes most Silver/Silver Reed/Singer/Studio knitting machines with patterning drums, Silver SK313 does NOT have rubber end-rails but metal…
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Silver SK-312 knitting machine
Silver SK312 knitting machine was manufactured in the very late 1960s. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has punchcard (with 24 holes in one row) reading capabilities, which allows automatic needle selection based on the wholes determining the patterns. It might have been released to the Japanese markets…
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Silver SK-311 card-matic knitting machine
Silver SK-311 knitting machine first appeared on the market in the later 1960s. It might be the first machine capable of reading punchcards for automatic needle selection and patterning. In fact it is the first model (and so far as I’ve seen, the only) with the “card-matic” words in the name. Silver SK311 takes punchcards…
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Silver SK-330 knitting machine
Silver SK-330 knitting machine very likely (due to several advanced features, discussed below) appeared on the market at the very beginning of the 1980s. Silver SK330 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, and punchcard reading and patterning capabilities. It has a built-in knit leader and other “more modern” features, similar…