Category: Silver Reed
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Silver Reed SR-150 ribbing attachment
Silver Reed SR-150 ribber appeared on the market in the 1983 at the same time as its matching knitting machine, Silver Reed SK-150. Thus, Silver Reed SR150 ribber has 110 needles, 9 mm apart. It is very likely that Silver Reed’s SR150 model (unlike Singer’s and Studio’s ribbers with the same model numbers SR150) only…
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Silver Reed SK-150 knitting machine
Silver Reed SK150 first appeared on the market in the early to mid 1980s. It is a bulky gauge knitting machine with 110 needles, 9 mm apart. This machine can knit thicker yarns (worsted weight sold in many stores for hand knitters) but the only patterning can be accomplished on this machine is manual. Clones…
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Silver Reed LK-310 knitting machine
Silver Reed LK310 knitting machine (“LK” very likely stands for “light knitter”) is a mid-gauge machine with 140 needles. It features plastic bed and a simple carriage with only couple of pairs of levers. It works and looks very similar to a famous Silver Reed LK150 (a very popular, still-made, knitting machine). However, LK150 has…
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Studio mod. 323 knitting machine
Studio mod. 323 is a punch-card knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart from each other. Studio mod. 323 is one of the last models in this series not to include a built-in knit leader (although Studio mod. 322 already has a built-in knit-leader… Hmmm…). Studio mod. 323 is very similar to Studio mod.…
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Silver Pile Rib Knitter
With such a seemingly strange name, Silver Pile Rib Knitter is simply a ribbing attachment. Although I have not tested one myself yet, it looks very similar to Silver Reed (also known as Singer and Studio) SRN-321 ribber, on which I wrote a detailed article already. Thus, Silver Pile Rib Knitter is compatible with the…
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Silver Reed SK-8 knitting machine
Silver Reed SK8 knitting machine is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It is a truly vintage piece of machinery, manufactured in the late 1950s: metal end caps, round clip-on row counter, detachable handle, metal toolbox, and spring-like mast. It is a basic knitting machine: needle selection and stitch manipulation can…
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Silver Reed SK-6 knitting machine
Silver Reed SK6 knitting machine is a true vintage machine since it was manufactured before 1960s (approximately in the mid-1950s). It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Everything screams vintage on this machine: lettering on the carriage and the case, tension knobs, the look of the carriage, clip-on row counter…
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Silver SK-106 knitting machine
Silver SK106 knitting machine was released to the markets in the second half of 1960s. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine, in which all 200 needles are 4.5 mm apart from each other. Silver SK106 is identical to Studio SK106. This machine has only basic patterning capabilities, meaning, all needle selection to make textured/pattern fabric…
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Empilsal KnitMaster mod. 305 automatic knitting machine
Empisal KnitMaster mod. 305 knitting machine is a turn-knob model: the needle selection is governed by pushing the three knobs on the front panel. The same mechanism is in its earlier counterparts, Silver SK301, Silver SK302, and Silver SK303, silver SK305, as well as Studio SK301, Studio SK303 together with Knitmaster ES302. Thus, read the…
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Studio SK-301 knitting machine
…I am currently testing this machine… Come back for more information and videos of this machine. Studio SK301 knitting machine was released onto the market in 1964. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and a turn-knob-controlled needle selection mechanism to knit patterns. Studio SK301 is a Western-market clone of the Silver SK301…
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Silver SK-301 knitting machine
Silver SK301 knitting machine was released onto the market in 1964. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and a turn-knob-controlled needle selection mechanism to knit patterns. Silver SK301 was the first knitting machine with this novel turn-knob technology for automatic needle selection. It is somewhat similar to the Brother’s push-button machines, although…