Category: with needle selector
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Toyota APK knitting machine
Toyota APK knitting machine is the same as Toyota K108. Thus, read the corresponding post.
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Mitsubishi MH20 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH-20 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles. It is very likely a standard-gauge machine, thus, the distance between needles is 4.5 mm. Similar to its earlier couterparts, Mitsubishi MH-15 and MH-16, the carriage of Mitsubishi MH20 is very simplistic and has a screw-on handle, which makes me think that the machine…
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Mitsubishi MH-16 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH16 knitting machine has 200 needles and seems like a standard-gauge machine with only basic/manual patterning/stitch-manipulation capabilities. It is similar to its earlier counterpart, Mitsubishi MH-15 but has a needle selection mini-carriage. This carriage probably moves before the main carriage and selects the needles in groups of 8, 10 or 12. Earlier Silver/Silver-Reed machines…
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Mitsubishi MH-15 knitting machine
Mitsubishi MH15 knitting machine looks like standard-gauge knitting machine with only manual/basic capabilities of patterning/stitch-manipulation. The machine was very likely made in the 1960s or earlier judging by a screw-on carriage handle an all-metal tool storage box. The metal feature on the left-hand side in the picture below is the reverse side of the needle…
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JUKI K-841 knitting machine
JUKI K-841 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Not much is available about this machine. Judging by its vintage row counter, JUKI K-841 was manufactured in Japan very likely in the early 1960s. Additionally, a unique tension mast is also seen in the machines manufactured up to the late 1960s…
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Empisal Knitmaster mod. 250 knitting machine
Empisal Knitmaster mod. 250 appeared on the market in the mid-1960s. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, and with only basic/manual capabilities. However, Empisal Knitmaster mod. it has a needle selector (a mini carriage) to assist with patterning. Other machines with needle selectors are Studio SK101, Studio SK-102, Studio…
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Basic (but with needle selector) Singer 500 knitting machine
This is so important that I am writing it as a first sentence: Do not confuse this vintage basic/manual Singer 500 model with a more modern Singer 500 electronic model. I am not sure why they are NOT named differently but probably because these different models were meant for different markets. Singer 500 with basic/manual…
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Studio SK-101 knitting machine
The Studio SK101 knitting machine was made in Japan in 1962. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It is capable of only basic patterning techniques (only hand-manipulation of stitches). However, it has a needle-selector which helps to ease-up the patterning a bit. Machines with similar pattern selectors are Studio…
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Singer 800 knitting machine
Singer 800 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles. It does not have any automatic patterning capabilities; thus, it is basic/manual model. It, however, comes with a needle selector (a small carriage in its setup). Singer 800 is identical (with the exception of the color) to the Silver SK-103 and Studio SK-103 knitting machines.…