Knitting Machine Museum​

you need more than 2 hands, one to hold the stitch comb, and at least another 2 to turn the fixed needle comb in in slots and woe betide if

This machine has the unusual specialty of promoting garter stitch – it’s the easiest knit to do, it does stocking stitch and basic fairisle

If you want an easy to operate machine with a 200-needle bed – and you insist on vintage, this is one of the machines that when in good cond

My advice to anyone buying one of these is to ensure they are not rusty in any way, to ensure that they are later models that if a ribber is

Talking about needle selection is where the “magic step” device comes in.  It’s basically a needle selector – as per the old spanner machine

I like this model but only as a collection piece, despite researching my old books and adverts as far back as the 60’s I just cannot find an

I have no idea how it selects but you have to set the punched pattern in the holder and then set it for either fairisle (MC) or Plain ie not

The needles on the bed lay across the middle to operate and to knitting garter stitch is seriously simple.  All you do is arrange the needle

This machine I have is new with the Needle Selector and weaving bush included.  The stitch selector is a small carriage that as the name sug

The ribber itself was quite difficult to cast on as it has fixed ribber needles that are operated by a sort of crank system ie to cast on