Category: Knitting Machine

  • Genie, the Magic Knitter, knitting machine KH710

    Genie, the Magic Knitter, knitting machine KH710

    Genie KH710 is manufactured by Brother and branded as Genie. It is identical to the Brother KH710 model of standard-gauge knitting machine. Read about all pros and cons and details about Brother KH710 in a separate article. In the meantime, enjoy pictures of Genie, the Magic Knitter, KH710 below.

  • Simple Seven Knitting machine by KnitKing

    Simple Seven knitting machine released to the market under the KnitKing brand name is identical to the Brother KX350 knitting machine. Read more about all the pros and cons and details in the article on Brother KX350 while enjoying the pictures of Simple Seven below.

  • KnitKing III electronic knitting machine

    KnitKing III electronic knitting machine

    KnitKing III is the brand name of the Japanese Knitting machine Brother KH930. Read all the details of this machine in the article dedicated to Brother KH930, including capabilities and pros and cons. Other known names are ElectroKnit 930(e), CompuKnit III and/or Topical-3.

  • Passap E8000 knitting machine

    Passap E8000 knitting machine is probably my dream machine, but an unachievable dream because I understand that this is a completely different beast and is unlike any other knitting machine. Passap E8000 was the last machine manufactured by the Swiss company Passap. It was released to the market in 1997. So, while I am looking…

  • Mattel Knitting machine, 16 needles

    Mattel Knitting machine, 16 needles

    Mattel’s circular plastic knitting machine was released to the market in 1975 by the toy company Mattel. It has 16 needles and can only knit simple stockinet stitches. Some patterning is possible with manual stitch manipulation. It is a simple small knitting machine capable of forming stitches when the handle is cranked in circular motion.…

  • Brother KH220 knitting machine

    Brother KH220 knitting machine

    Brother KH220 knitting machine is a bulky (9 mm gauge) machine with only manual capabilities. It features 110 needles. I did not knit on this machine but it looks very similar, if not identical, to Brother KH210 that I had a chance to work on: the color combination, the carriage shape, the needle markings, etc.…

  • Brother KH890 knitting machine

    Brother KH890 knitting machine

    Brother KH890 knitting machine was manufactured and released to the market in 1979. It is a metal flatbed knitting machine with 200 needles, positioned 4.5 mm apart. This is a standard gauge machine. It has the ability to accept patterns in the form of punch cards. The punch-card reader (which accepts 24-hole (in one row)…

  • Brother KH930 electronic knitting machine

    Brother KH930 electronic knitting machine

    Brother KH930 knitting machine was released to the market in 1986. It comes with at least two color variations: standard yellow/brown and white/bluish color combinations (the anniversary edition). Sometimes KH930 is branded as ElectroKnit and/or CompuKnit III and/or KnitKing III or even Topical-3.  The typical variety has a coffee-burgundy color combination and is very likely…

  • Singer MemoMatic 328 knitting machine

    Singer MemoMatic 328 knitting machine

    The Singer MemoMatic 328 knitting machine was released to the market in 1978. It is a standard-gauge (4.5 mm) knitting machine with 200 needles. I have not had a chance to work with this machine yet so the pictures below were provided by someone else and published here with permission. The machine is almost identical…

  • Brother KH871 knitting machine

    Brother KH871 knitting machine

    I did not have experience with this machine and the pictures below were provided by someone else. It is a standard (4.5 mm) gauge machine with 200 needles and patterning capabilities through punchcards. It is also branded as Palie (similar to some other models). It is a standard machine with built-in knit leader. It seems…

  • Singer MemoMatic 321 knitting machine

    Singer MemoMatic 321 knitting machine

    The Singer MemoMatic 321 knitting machine appeared on the market in 1972. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine (which means the needles are 4.5 mm apart) with 200 needles. It can come under other brand names, like Studio and/or Silver Reed. It features a flat metal bed with 200 needles, located 4.5 mm apart, which…

  • Singer HK100 knitting machine

    Singer HK100 knitting machine

    Singer HK100 knitting machine is a plastic flat bed knitting machine. The needles are large and are 8 mm apart. It was released to the marker in 1983. The simplicity of this machine (only basic/manual patterning capabilities) and its plastic bed makes me think that the target audience was the hobbyists, looking to destash their…