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  • 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…

  • Elna EK2400 knitting machine

    Elna EK2400 knitting machine

    Elna EK2400 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It can be accessorized with an ER2450 ribber. Elna EK2400 is the same as the Toyota KS950 knitting machine. Thus, use the same resources (manuals, tutorials, etc.). Thus, other accessories working with Elna EK2400 are Toyota’s K86 and K86A color changers,…

  • 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 KH32 knitting machine

    Brother KH32 is a standard-gauge knitting machine that appeared on the market in the early 1950s. It has 184 needles, 4.5 mm apart. The machine has only manual (basic) capabilities of needle manipulation. It also looks very similar to Brother KH35, about which I already wrote a very detailed post.

  • Brother KH550 knitting machine

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

  • Empisal KH770 knitting machine

    Empisal KH770 knitting machine has 200 needles, and 8-pushbutton patterning/needle-selection mechanism. It is a strange combination of the looks of Brother KH551 (4-pushbutton machine) and the functionality of Brother KH552 (8-pushbutton machine). Thus, check out the corresponding posts while I am researching if there is anything else special about this machine.

  • Brother KH1101 knitting machine

    Brother KH1101 knitting machine

    A fan of my website helped me to discover this rare model: Brother KH1101. It is a fine-gauge machine. Besides the gauge of this machine, it is totally identical to its standard-gauge sisters: Brother KH800 and Brother KH801. Thus, refer to the manuals of those machines on how to operate, Brother KH1101, while I am…

  • Toyota K 506 knitting machine

    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…

  • Knitking KH840 knitting machine

    Knitking KH840 knitting machine

    … is the same as Brother KH840. Thus, read the corresponding post while I am looking for better pictures.

  • Toyota NT-12 knitting machine

    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…

  • 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…