Category: Manufacturer
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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 Garter Carriage KG-95
I am a proud owner of Brother KG95, so come back often as I am discovering new features and kinks. Also, check out my post about garter carriages in general: it has a lot of useful advises including on troubleshooting. Brother Garter Carriage, G-Carriage, Omni Carriage or Chariot-G with the model KG-95 is the latest…
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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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Defendi Modamatic 3000 Garter Carriage
Defendi Modamatic Garter carriage probably came with Defendi knitting machines, which are rebranded clones of Brother knitting machines. The carriage color scheme matches that of Defendi knitting machines. Some sources indicate that the model number might be KM-3000. I am still trying to figure out what Brother garter carriage this model duplicates. Some features hint…
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Knitking RKTC transfer carriage
RKTC transfer carriage (the same as Brother KA-8300 carriage) assists in quick transfer of stitches from the ribber to the main bed. It is especially handy when a large number of needles is involved. It is also useful for small production knitters. Sometimes it is hard to move it and sometimes, especially when not set…
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Empisal Knitmaster SC-3 linking carriage
Empisal Knitmaster SC-3 carriage is a rebranded Silver/Silver Reed/Singer linking carriage SC3, described in another detailed post. Thus, refer to it while enjoying the pictures below (more coming soon).
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Silver Reed KR-11 Knit Radar
Knit Radar KR11 is an electronic charting device compatible with almost all Silver/Singer/Studio/Silver Reed/Empisal Knitmaster/Riccar knitting machines. It is often called interchangible Knit Contour KR-11. Another electronic knit radar is KR21 model, which seems a bit more complicated (more buttons and options) than KR11.
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Silver Reed Knit Contour KR-11
Silver Reed Knit Contour KR11 is the same device as Silver Reed Knit Radar KR11. Thus refer to the corresponding blog post.