Category: 4.5 mm
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Toyota Simulknit K80
Simulknit is an accessory for standard-gauge Toyota knitting machines. Simulknit allows for knitting a fabric with a pattern on one side and a complete backing on the other side. The end result looks like a double sided fabric, but only one side has a pattern. It has two yarn feeders in one assembly. This assembly…
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Silver Junior mod. 250 knitting machine.
Silver Junior mod. 250 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with only manual capabilities. I am not sure how many needles it has but judging by the bed length probably 200. This machine has only manual needle manipulation capabilities. Despite its vintage look, the row counter is of a more modern design. If you cannot…
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Silver Reed SK640 knitting machine.
Silver Reed SK640 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. So far I’ve only seen a model with all Japanese writing. So, maybe this model was only available in Japan. It is identical to features of the Studio by White SK740 knitting machine (24-stitch punchcard reading capabilities and no intarsia)…
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Toyota K 505 knitting machine
Toyota K505 knitting machine is a turn-knob knitting machine manufactured in the mid- to late-1960s. It is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. This machine looks similar to its predecessors, Toyota K 109 and K 111. However, carriage of Toyota K 505 had five buttons (not six like K109 and K111 models).A…
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Toyota APK knitting machine
Toyota APK knitting machine is the same as Toyota K108. Thus, read the corresponding post.
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Toyota K 111 knitting machine
Toyota K 111 knitting machine is the same as Toyota K 109 with some minor deviations (read below). Thus, refer to a more detail post on Toyota K 109. The variations that I see so far are: If you are wondering what the buttons on the carriage mean, look for a blog post or a…
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Toyota K109 knitting machine
This pretty pink and white knitting machine is Toyota K 109. It is a standard gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart from each other. This is the first “advanced” model manufactured by Toyota. All previous models (K104, K106, K107 and K108) have only manual needle manipulation capabilities. The patterning mechanism (as well…
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Mitsubishi MH-700 Color 7 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH700 Color 7 knitting machine is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart and pushbutton capabilities. The pushbutton-based mechanism is NOT like in Brother knitting machines, where by pressing one button, you’ll get a specific needle brought forward (after the latch is activated). In this machine, the buttons are responsible for…
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Mitsubishi MH20 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH-20 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles. It is very likely a standard-gauge machine, thus, the distance between needles is 4.5 mm. Similar to its earlier couterparts, Mitsubishi MH-15 and MH-16, the carriage of Mitsubishi MH20 is very simplistic and has a screw-on handle, which makes me think that the machine…
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Mitsubishi MH-16 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH16 knitting machine has 200 needles and seems like a standard-gauge machine with only basic/manual patterning/stitch-manipulation capabilities. It is similar to its earlier counterpart, Mitsubishi MH-15 but has a needle selection mini-carriage. This carriage probably moves before the main carriage and selects the needles in groups of 8, 10 or 12. Earlier Silver/Silver-Reed machines…
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Mitsubishi MH-15 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH15 knitting machine looks like standard-gauge knitting machine with only manual/basic capabilities of patterning/stitch-manipulation. The machine was very likely made in the 1960s or earlier judging by a screw-on carriage handle an all-metal tool storage box. The metal feature on the left-hand side in the picture below is the reverse side of the needle…
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Brother KG88II carter 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…