Category: Basic/Manual

  • 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…

  • Brother KR830 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR830 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR830 ribbing attachment was developed to convert a single-bed standard-gauge flat-bed knitting machine into a double-bed knitting setup. There is not specific information on when exactly these appeared on the market but very likely around the same time as the main bed. Brother KR830 ribber features 200 needles, spaced 4.5 mm apart. It fits…

  • Brother KH500

    Brother KH500

    Brother Profile 500 is a metal flatbed knitting machine with 200 needles 4.5 mm apart. It is a standard gauge machine with only basic patterning capabilities. Additionally, the end-caps are not plastic (like later Brother knitting machines) but metal, which makes them more robust and less prone to breaking (especially during shipment and transport) and…

  • Brother KH210 knitting machine

    Brother KH210 knitting machine is a “bulky” knitting machine. It is called bulky because it is capable of accepting thicker yarns. The needles are larger and are spread 9 mm from each other. It features a metal bed with 110 needles. The machine can easily handle challenging yarns: fuzzy, eyelash, thick acrylic, thick wool, staticky…

  • Brother KX350 knitting machine

    Brother KX350 Home Knitter (also known as KnitKing Simple Seven) is a plastic-bed knitting machine with only basic/manual capabilities of manipulating stitches. It has 132 needles, positioned 7 mm apart. It is considered a mid-gauge knitting machine. It was manufactured and released to the market sometime in the early 1980-ies as a hobbyist and inexpensive…