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Category: Silver Reed

  • YC1 color changer

    There is very little information on YC1 color changers despite them still circulating on the used market. YC1 color changer is identical to AC1 color changer and can be used with Silver Reed knitting machines with standard gauge (also branded as Singer, Studio, Riccar, Empisal Knitmaster, Silver Reed, and Silver). It is identical to AC1…

  • Artisan CG170 knitting machine

    Artisan CG170 is a clone of the Silver Reed SK160 knitting machine. The website description says that its gauge is 7 mm (which makes it not quite identical to the Silver Reed SK160, a 6.5 mm gauge machine). It can be accessorized with a matching ribber, Artisan CG170. refer to the manufacturer’s page, Creative) for…

  • Silver Reed SK160 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK160 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK160 is a very simple machine with only manual stitch/needle manipulation abilities, yet it is a very desirable machine. First, because it is a mid-gauge machine with the needles 6.5 mm apart, which makes it compatible with a lot of yarns for hand-knitting. It is known to create a hand-knit feel of the…

  • Empisal Vistamatic NG-H3 knitting machine

    The Empisal Vistamatic NG-H3 knitting machine looks very similar to a previously described Empisal Knitmaster mod. 250 model. Thus, refer to the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below.

  • Singer MemoMatic 327 knitting machine

    Singer MemoMatic 327 knitting machine is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has punchcard reading capabilities to knit patterned fabric and a built-in knit leader. It is identical to Studio mod. 327, about which I already wrote a detailed blog post. Thus, refer to it while enjoying the pictures below.

  • Studio SRP322

    … pictures are coming soon. It is the same as, or even identical to, Ribbers models 321 and 322. If your ribber came without a connecting arm, some of the color changers for this brand come with a connecting arm, which can be used with this ribber even if the color changer is not used.…

  • Silver Reed SK-101 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK-101 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK-101 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has only basic/manual patterning capabilities. Despite having the same model number as Studio SK101 and Silver SK101, I see some minor differences: Silver Reed SK101 has a built-in row counter (not a slide-in as in Studio SK101 and Silver SK101),…

  • Riccar RK-708A knitting machine

    Riccar RK-708A knitting machine

    Riccar RK-708A is a punchcard-based standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has a built-in knit leader. The look of Riccar 708A knitting machine is much more modern than its immediate predecessor, Riccar 708; although both machines have a knit-leader and a punchcard mechanism. Riccar 708A very much resembles its younger sister, Riccar…

  • RICCAR 709 knitting machine

    RICCAR 709 knitting machine

    Riccar 709 is a punchcard-based standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has a built-in knit leader. Riccar 709 knitting machine is identical (with some minor color differences) to the Studio mod. 360, Empisal Knitmaster 360/260K, Singer MemoMatic 360K, Silver Reed SK360, Silver SK360. Thus, refer to those detailed posts while enjoying the…

  • Toyota K65 transfer carriage

    According to a Toyota accessories brochure, the Toyota K65 transfer carriage works with setups for the KS950, KS901 ad KS858 knitting machines. I also see sources mentioning the Toyota K65 carriage working with the Toyota KS895. It also fits Elna EK2400 setup with ER2450 ribber because this is the same setup as Toyota’s, just under…

  • Empisal Knitmaster RT-1 transfer carriage

    Empisal Knitmaster RT-1 transfer carriage

    Empisal Knitmaster RT-1 carriage is the same as Silver Reed RT1 carriage, already described in detail in another post.

  • Silver Reed RT-1 transfer carriage

    Silver Reed RT-1 transfer carriage

    Like other transfer carriages, Silver Reed RT1 moves stitches from the ribber (SRP50, for example) to the main needlebed. RT-1 transfer carriages work with a wide range of punchcard and electronic Silver Reed (and other machines under this brand umbrella: Singer, Empisal Knitmaster, Studio, Riccar, Silver), such as Singer MemoMatic 210, Studio 260K, Silver Reed…