Category: Patterning
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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…
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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…
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Studio mod. 323 knitting machine
Studio mod. 323 is a punch-card knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart from each other. Studio mod. 323 is one of the last models in this series not to include a built-in knit leader (although Studio mod. 322 already has a built-in knit-leader… Hmmm…). Studio mod. 323 is very similar to Studio mod.…
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Corona CH-1500 knitting machine
Corona CH-1500 knitting machine is a standard-gauge machine with 200 needles, separate from each other by 4.5 mm distance. Patterning on Corona CH-1500 is done by needle selection governed by the turn knobs located on the carriage (called needle selection control knobs). Corona CH-1500 is very similar to the Corona CH-1000, on which I already…
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Koyo KH-1500 knitting machine
Koyo KH-1500 is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Koyo knitting machines are so rare that it is extremely hard to find any information on them. It is very likely that these machines were released for the Japanese markets only. However, Koyo KH-1500 knitting machine is identical to the Corona CH-1500…
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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…
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Toyota K600 knitting machine
Toyota K600 is a standard-gauge kitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It can accept punchcards (with 12-stitch patterns) to knit various textures and motifs. Toyota K600 is the same knitting machine as the Toyota Elena 7 model. The cardboard box is marked as “K600” but on the carriage, you can see “Toyota Elena…
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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…
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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…