Category: Basic/Manual

  • Silver Reed SK-151 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK-151 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK151 knitting machine has 110 needles, 9 mm apart. It is considered a bulky knitting machine. It has only basic patterning capabilities: all patterning can be done by manually manipulating the needles and stitches. Silver Reed SK151 appeared on the market in the 1984. Its predecessor, Silver Reed SK150 was released to the…

  • Studio mod. 150 knitting machine

    Studio mod. 150 knitting machine

    Studio mod. 150 knitting machine has 110 needles, 9 mm apart. It first appeared on the market in the early to mid-1980s. Do not confuse this machine with the plastic flat-bed knitting machine Studio LK150 (a wonderful mid-gauge knitting machine). This machine is almost identical (even in its color scheme) to Singer mod. 150 and…

  • Silver Reed SK-150 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK-150 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK150 first appeared on the market in the early to mid 1980s. It is a bulky gauge knitting machine with 110 needles, 9 mm apart. This machine can knit thicker yarns (worsted weight sold in many stores for hand knitters) but the only patterning can be accomplished on this machine is manual. Clones…

  • Silver Reed LK-310 knitting machine

    Silver Reed LK-310 knitting machine

    Silver Reed LK310 knitting machine (“LK” very likely stands for “light knitter”) is a mid-gauge machine with 140 needles. It features plastic bed and a simple carriage with only couple of pairs of levers. It works and looks very similar to a famous Silver Reed LK150 (a very popular, still-made, knitting machine). However, LK150 has…

  • Corona CN-110 knitting machine

    Corona CN-110 knitting machine

    Corona CN110 knitting machine has “110” in its name because (unlike its similar counterpart Corona CN-9N with 100 needles) has 110 needles, spread 9 mm apart from each other. It is also almost identical to Brother KH210, on which I have written a detailed article already. Similar to other Corona knitting machines, Corona CN-110 does…

  • Mitsubishi MH-350 knitting machine

    Mitsubishi MH-350 knitting machine

    Everything is unusual about this machine: its coral color, name (“De Luxe”), table clamp brackets, and carriage lock attachment from the right-hand side….. It is so hard to find information on this machine… So, I do not know when it was manufactured, how many needles it has, how far apart the needles are, etc… (I…

  • Janome Junior Knitter CHJ-3

    Janome Junior Knitter CHJ-3 is a clone of Corona CHJ-3, Junior knitter, but sold in South Africa. another identical knitting machine is Genie CHJ-3.

  • Corona CHJ-3 knitting machine, Junior Knitter

    Corona CHJ-3 knitting machine, Junior Knitter

    This cute small needle bed knitting machine, Corona CHJ-3, is one of the rare knitting machines for kids that has a metal needle bed. It is so adorable that it deserves a well-written article on its own. However, there is not much information on it. I believe that parts and accessories for Corona CHJ-3 machines…

  • Brother Knit Eldorado Model 35 knitting machine

    Brother Knit Eldorado 35 precedes the Brother KH35 model. Thus, it can be assumed that it first appeared on the market in the early 1950s. There are a lot of similarities between Brother Eldorado 35 and Brother KH35 (like, clip-on round row counter, detachable carriage grip hand, folding metal extension leaves, split sinker plate, etc.).…

  • Toyota KS610 knitting machine

    Toyota KS610 knitting machine

    A bulky (9 mm gauge) Toyota KS610 knitting machine was manufactured and released to the market in the late 1980s. It has 110 needles. It is a basic knitting machine with only manual stitch and needle manipulation capabilities. Toyota KS610 can be accessorized with a matching ribber, Toyota KR310.

  • Toyota K 108 knitting machine

    Toyota K 108 knitting machine

    Although there is not much information available on the Internet on Toyota K108, I believe this machine was released to the market in the early- to mid-1960s. It is often simply called Toyota APK due to the writing on the case. It is a standard-gauge (4.5 mm) knitting machine with 200 needles. Vintage features of…

  • Toyota K 104 knitting machine

    Toyota K104 is one of those mysterious super vintage knitting machines that is hard to find information for. Judging by the look and comparing designs of other knitting machines (clip-on row counter, detachable handle, only basic/manual capabilities) from the same era, I suspect that this machine was manufactured and first appeared on the market in…