Category: Toyota
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Toyota K33 knit tracer
Toyota knit-tracer K33 assists machine-knitters with decreases and increases based on their calculated gauge. Refer to a manual (available online for free) for more details. At the moment, I am not sure whether K33 fits the same machines as the knit tracer K33A. Stay tuned as I am figuring out more details about this charting…
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Toyota K32 knit tracer
Toyota knit-tracer K32 assists machine-knitters with decreases and increases based on their calculated gauge. Refer to a manual (available online for free) for more details. Stay tuned as I am figuring out more details about this charting device, including compatibility with Toota knitting machines. Other charting devices from Toyota are the K20, K31, K33, and…
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Toyota KnitTracer K-20
Toyota knit-tracer K20 assists machine-knitters with decreases and increases based on their calculated gauge. Refer to a manual (available online for free) for more details. According to some sources, K20 knit tracers fit the following Toyota knitting machines: KS510, KS747, and some others. Other charting devices from Toyota are K31, K32, K33 and K33A. Stay…
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Toyota K 506 knitting machine
Toyota K506 knitting machine is a turn-knob knitting machine manufactured in the mid- to late-1960s. Stay tuned while I look for more information on this machine and in the meantime below are my observations and pictures. Toyota K506 has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, which makes it a standard-gauge knitting machine. Its patterning and automatic…
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Toyota NT-12 knitting machine
Toyota mod. NT-12 knitting machine seems like a standard-gauge knitting machine with 180 needles (judging by the picture of the markings on the needlebed). At the moment, I am not sure whether the needles are 5.5 mm (like some other Toyota knitting machines from that time) or 4.5 mm. It probably appeared on the market…
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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…
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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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Toyota KS650 knitting machine
Toyota KS650 is the only punch-card bulky machine released by this company, and second and bulky-gauge. The first one, Toyota KS610, has only manual stitch-manipulation capabilities. Toyota KS650 has 110 needles, 9 mm apart. A matching ribber is Toyota KR650. Toyota KS650 accepts punchcards with a 12-stitch repeat pattern. Its patterning mechanism (with drums) is…
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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…