Category: Basic/Manual
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Phildar D-10
Phildar D-10 is a vintage knitting machine. It is very likely rebranded Singer 360.02, Superba 360 and/or Singer MK2 (or Singer MKII). (The reason for so many different names is that manufacturers used different model names when selling machines in different countries). The manual can be found here.
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Brother KH400 knitting machine
Brother KH400 is a plast flat-bed knitting machine capable of accommodating panels with needles 9 and 4.5 mm apart. It is very similar to its counterparts, KH360, KH390, KH395, and KX395: not only are these machines also convertible but they have the same set of tools, including cast-on combs, and tension mast. The carriage design…
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Brother KM-100 knitting machine
Brother KM100 knitting machine is a plastic flatbed knitting machine with 90 needles in the needle bed. It is very hard to find any information on this machine. From the pictures, it looks like a mid-gauge knitting machine similar to Brother KX350. It is also very likely that it was made for Japanese markets only…
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Jones Simplicity knitting machine
Jones Simplicity knitting machine is a metal flat-bed knitting machine manufactured by Brother and released in the United Kingdon market under the brand name Jones. It is one of the first standard-gauge knitting machines (judging by the vintage row counter and the square shape of the carriage). But not too vintage since some of its…
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Empisal HK100 (Hobby 100) knitting machine
Empisal HK100 knitting machine is a 8 mm gauge knitter with a plastic bed. It is considered a mid- to bulky-gauge. This is the same machine as the Singer HK100 knitting machine. Thus, read my blog posting dedicated to that machine and see it in action in my video.
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KnitKing KH230 knitting machine
KnitKing KH230 knitting machine is a clone of Brother KH230 knitting machine but with just a different color combination. Refer to the original post on Brother KH230 and in the meantime enjoy the picture of KnitKing KH230 below. Needles for KH230 are identical to those used on its matching ribber, Brother KR230 but they are…
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Brother KH230 knitting machine
Brother KH230 was manufactured and released to the market in 1981. This is the second bulky-gauge machine released to the market by Brother (the first one was the KH210 model). I suspect the reason the bulky machines got introduced to the market relatively late as a demand from home knitters to accommodate more readily available…
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Brother KH311 knitting machine
According to some of the sources, Brother KH311 appeared on the market in 1959. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and its design is very similar to all following (later models) knitting machines. Thus, it is very likely the first prototype of all modern knitting machines made by Brother. It features a…
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Brother KH218 knitting machine
Brother KH218 knitting machine was released to the market in the late 1950s. It has only manual capabilities. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first machine with long wires on the yarn guide unit to control yarn tension automatically. The sinker plate carriage, similar to the Brother KH212 knitting machine, is permanently…
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Studio Bulky Eight
The machine sold under the name “Studio Bulky Eight” is the same as Studio SK120 just rebranded differently. Models branded under different names are also Silver Reed SK120 , Silver SK120, Kantan Bulky, Fancy Bulky, and Bulky Eight). The only ribber that works with this machine is Silver Reed SR120.