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  • 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…

  • Brother Hi-Knitter Auto knitting machine

    Brother Hi-Knitter Auto knitting machine

    Brother Hi-Knitter Auto is another name for the 8-button Brother KH571 knitting machine. Thus, refer to the corresponding post.

  • Empisal KH-90 knitting machine

    Empisal KH-90 knitting machine

    Empisal KH90 knitting machine has 200 needles, 4.5 mm, which makes it a standard-gauge knitting machine. In terms of its functionality and pattern center features/design, Empisal KH-90 is identical to Brother KH552 (which kind of makes sense: the color combo is similar to KH551, the last 4-pushbutton machine); however, KH552 does not come with the…

  • Empisal KH601 knitting machine

    Empisal KH601 knitting machine has 200 needles (4.5 mm apart), and a pushbutton pattern center for automatic needle selection. Empisal KH601 looks identical to Empisal KH610 and KH680. Additionally, its pattern center has the same functionality as of Empisal KH-91, Brother KH587, Brother KH588, Brother KH705, Brother KH701, and Brother KH710 knitting machines (with some…

  • 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),…

  • Brother KH550 knitting machine

    Brother KH550 machine is the same as Brother Profile 550. Thus, refer to the corresponding post.

  • Brother KH365 knitting machine

    Brother KH365 is a plastic needlebed dual gauge knitting machine. It has exchangeable needlebed sections with the distances between grooves for needles either 4.5 mm or 9 mm. However, the needles are the same. I have not had a chance to work on a convertible dual-gauge machine like this, but I can imagine that despite…

  • Brother KH701 knitting machine

    Brother KH701 knitting machine

    Brother KH701 was a pleasant surprise for me. I thought by now I’d know everything about 8-pushbutton machines but yet I discovered Brother KH701. Its deep blue, vibrant color makes it stand out among already colorful Brother 8-pushbutton machines. I already described in detail the features of 8-pushbutton machines in other posts. Brother KH701 is…

  • Brother Profile 500 knitting machine

    … is the same as Brother KH500 already described earlier.

  • Silver Reed My Studio SK155P knitting machine

    Silver Reed My Studio SK155P knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK155P My Studio (manufactured for the Japanese market only judging by the Japanese only writing on the carriage settings) is a bulky-gauge knitting machine, similar to its Silver Reed SK155 counterpart. Thus, read the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below.

  • Silver Reed SK155 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK155 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK155 is a wonderful, bulky-gauge, knitting machine, with 100 needles, 9 mm apart. It has punchcard-based patterning 12-stitch repeat capabilities. I already desribed pros and cons and compatibles accesories and add-ons of similar machines: Studio mod. 155, Singer mod. 155 and Empisal Knitmaster mod. 155 in other blogs. Thus, refer to those. I…