Category: Patterning
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SILVERLEAD knitting machine
Gosh, I wonder if the name of this brand was misspelled or a mnemonic (of Silver Reed) was simply stolen…Regardless, here we have a unique model, about which I know nothing about… It definitely looks like standard-gauge machine. The small grey box on the left-hand side of the needlebed (shown below) might be the carriage.…
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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…
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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.
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Lemair One-touch Auto S K-881 knitting machine
Lemair One-touch Auto S K881 knitting machine belongs to a series of push-button machines branded as JUKI, and Lemair. In fact, this model a cross-branded one, which is identical to the JUKI K881 model. Thus, refer to that post while enjoying the pictures below. I have a machine like this in my collection and will…
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Empisal EF68 knitting machine
Empisal EF68 knitting machine has a very interesting design. It is a European model and has 5 mm gauge. There are couple of similar super-vintage KnitKing models. There is scares information about it on the web (that I will not copy): just google the model name and number and it will pop-up. But if you…
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Empisal KH820 knitting machine
Empisal KH-820 knitting machine is a clone of Brother KH820 knitting machine, a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and punchcard reading capabilities to knit patterns. It even looks very similar. Thus, refer to the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below.
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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…
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Prazisa knitting machine
Präzisa machine is a cute vintage knitting beaty was manufactured in Western Germany in late 1950s – early 1960s. This is what I know so far: Präzisa has 180 needles, 5 mm apart, which makes this machine a standard-gauge. This metal flat bed machine has only manual/basic capabilities of needle manipulation. The tension mast accomodates…
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Toyota NT-10 knitting machine
At the moment, I do not know much about a vintage Toyota NT-10 knitting machine. I only have pictures of the carriage. Next model released after NT-10 is Toyota NT-12.