Knitting Machine Museum​

The Rapidex 320 was sold as single or double bed knitting machine and it it was also designed so you could  to use it side by side as a ver

General advice and information on what to look out for when purchasing knitting machines whether vintage or modern

I fired up the Designaknit, oiled and cleaned my Passap, then realised that I had to find the bits and pieces required to use the computer a

There are quite a lot of quirky bits included and it gets my vote for a great knitting machine albeit a single bed 4.5 mm gauge.  It comes w

This model has an onboard computer and you can design form screen your garments using a selection of symbols however the screen is way too s

I gave my Brother 940 and Knitmaster 580 another clean and workout. These machines are both standard gauge but oh so different. The Brothers excel in lace making and to my mind have the most wonderful lace carriages, which are usually included with the machines. Funny thing is you start out thinking about a complete lace jersey then you think well if I use that fashion lace its gonna take a lot of time. Some of the Brother fashion laces take many passes of the lace carria

I will use some of my older blog posts as the machines were cleaned and operated at the time of writing my knitting museum diary in the past

We now appreciated fitting, and shape, this coupled with a great choice of quality yarns and easier patterning methods, helped even the less

I hope to keep you interested for the duration, I will try and update as often as possible.   I knit as well as maintain my collection and a

Then and only then was I able to get started trying out the garter stitches - it was simple really ie when you know how.