Category: Basic/Manual

  • Studio SK-102 knitting machine

    Studio SK-102 knitting machine is a white-pink model manufactured in the early 1960s. It has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It is identical to the Silver SK102 machine. (In fact, sometimes knitters see Studio brand written on the machine with the carriages and accessories having Silver names on them). Thus, read the corresponding blog article.…

  • Silver SK-102 knitting machine

    Silver SK-102 knitting machine

    Silver SK102 knitting machine was manufactured and introduced to the market in the early 1960s. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and only basic/manual stitch manipulation and needle selection capabilities. The machine’s color is a pretty combination of pink and white. The carriage handle folds conveniently for storage. The carriage is very…

  • Silver SK-101 knitting machine

    Silver SK-101 knitting machine

    The Silver SK101 knitting machine was made by a Japanese company in 1962. This is a basic model capable of only knitting patterns by hand-manipulating the needles and stitches. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, spaced 4.5 mm apart from each other. It is basically the same model as Studio SK101 and…

  • Silver Reed SK10 knitting machine

    Silver Reed SK10 knitting machine

    Silver Reed Sk10 vintage knitting machine was manufactured in the 1960s. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with only manual/basic patterning capabilities. It has a detachable round vintage row counter and a standard set of accessories. It can be equipped with a matching ribber – Silver Reed SR10. Similar vintage knitting machines with only basic/manual…

  • Passap Linker: manual

    Passap Linker: manual

    Below are pictures of a manually operated Passap linker. It operates like most of the similar circular linkers: the fabric is thread onto the pegs and then the needle forms loop-like stitches.

  • 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.

  • Brother KH400 knitting machine

    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…

  • Brother KM-100 knitting machine

    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…

  • Jones Simplicity knitting machine

    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…

  • 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.

  • Corona CH-1700 knitting machine

    As of now, I could not find a lot of information on this machine except for pictures. It looks and very likely operates very similar to the Corona CH-1000 knitting machine, on which I wrote a detailed article. It is, however, more similar to Corona CH-1500: both machines have weaving yarn feeders on their carriages.…

  • KnitKing KH230 knitting machine

    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…