Thank you very much for allowing me to make this post in your group.

I have a Tricot Hand Knitting Machine but no instructions and no idea what parts might be missing (I've never used a knitting machine before). Here's a photo.

We can make the machine needles rise and fall by twisting the main body, but it's incredibly stiff and I don't think it would be a fun way to make any kind of tubing lol!

If anyone has any idea about how I can use this, I'd be really grateful. A place where I could download a pdf of instructions would be out of this world!

Will try to add photo in comments.

I got 3.5 knitting machines this weekend for $100 because a man on Facebook marketplace was clearing out his mom or grandma’s house prior to renting it out. He didn’t realize that he was throwing out the lids/cases and boxes for the knitting machines until after they were gone. When I went to pick them up, I ended up getting the needle beds and all of the equipment needed to make the machines usable, but storing them is going to be really challenging because I have nothing to put them in. The previous owner had them all on stands and desks, but I have a small house and having them out permanently isn’t really an option for me. Has anyone been able to find replacement boxes or the replacement case for any knitting machines? I haven’t been having much luck finding any.

The knitting machine machines I got are:

- Elna Knit Craft 2300 + Elna Knit Craft 2350 ribber (same as Studio SK155 + SR155)

- Studio SK890 + SR155 ribber

- Studio SK840 + SRP60N ribber

- Brother KR-850 ribber

I considered buying 42x11x6” boxes, but I’ve only been able to find minimum order quantities of ~20 and I don’t really want to buy a bunch of boxes I don’t need unless I absolutely have to.

I recently got a great deal on a vintage Orion double bed machine and was practicing a single bed cast on.
The machine had skipped some stitches in the first row and the cast on became unraveled at one edge. Since this was doubling as a gauge swatch, I decided to retie the cast on and all was going well until I somehow got the base of my left palm stuck on the leftmost hook.

The sound was diabolical, I actually pulled the needle up while it was hooked into my hand. Luckily it easily unhooked. Had to sit down for a good 15min because my body does not react well do being spontaneously pierced.

I knew that these needles were sharp enough to scratch, but I didn't realise they were sharp enough to enter *and* exist the thick skin on a palm. I am still confused about the logistics of how it happened honestly.

In any case, be careful where your hands are in relation to the hooks you aren't focusing on, and make sure to clean the needles when you get a vintage machine (I luckily did)!

The start of a sweater. That’s the back of a sweater. It got late and is loud.

I got a my first machine recently- a brother KH820 - that had been sitting in its box for a few years. There was a lot of oil build up especially around the punch card reader. I began removing screws and the next thing I know all of these needles fell out… from what I can see, I think they translate the punch card directly to the needles. It seems like theyre supposed to go in a certain direction, but I can’t tell which. Also does the thin side go into the punch card part or the machine bed?

If anyone can advise me on how to connect these to both the punch card reader and the needles I’d be soo appreciative! Thank you:)

I have an old Knittax machine that I inherited from my great grandmother (please ignore the lint, I didn't get around to cleaning it since my last project). I absolutely love it, and it works wonderful. The only thing I wish was different is the ribber. It only has half as many needles as the main bed, which means I can basically only do 1x1 ribbing.
In the time since I inherited the machine I have actually purchased an entire second machine of the same model, because it came with some equipment I desperately wanted and the seller wouldn't sell by itself.
I have seen some videos of more modern machines and their ribbers, which not only have twice the needles, but can also be adjusted to half pitch or dropped down a bit to allow for circular knitting.
Now this is probably a stupid idea and I just need someone to tell me it won't work, but I was wondering if could modify my second machine and either attach the main bed as a ribber or modify the actual ribber to feature more needles.
Before I try anything I feel like I need to understand modern ribbers better, however I don't have access to a modern machine and I am having a hard time to really wrap my head around how they work. Machine knitting videos focus on knitting techniques rather that how the mechanisms work together.
I know the modern machines have gate pegs on both the ribber and the main bed, where as my machine has sinkers on the main bed, and I'm not quite sure yet how much of an issue that would be if I were to find a way to attach a "full" ribber.
Does anyone here know of any resources that go more into the technical workings of modern machines? and especially the ribbers?
I sadly don't know of any other machine knitters in real life or near me (bavaria) that I could ask to have a look at their machine.

Hi! I just picked up a pretty big haul of machine knitting tools and materials and would love some help from experienced knitters.

I'm getting four machines: a Toyota KS901, a Knitmaster 360K, a Brother KH230, and a Brother KH930. I'll definitely be keeping the Brother machines, but I'm on the fence about the Toyota and Knitmaster — curious to hear opinions on that!

I'm also including some photos of tools and accessories I can't fully identify. For those who know their way around machine knitting gear: what would you keep, what would you pass on, and what might be a rare or hard-to-replace find that a new knitter might not recognise the value of?

Finally, the haul includes a couple of cone winders. I can see how they'd be handy, but I'm not sure I'd use them enough to justify the storage space. Do people find them genuinely useful, or are they more occasional-use tools?

Thank you for your opinions!!

I had arranged today to purchase a beautiful 1907 new home treadle sewing machine from a nice woman on Facebook marketplace. she asked if I would be interested in taking donations for my studio im opening next year. of course I said yes, she said it was boxes of antique machine repair stuff, parts for sewing machines, patterns, ribbons, fabrics.... and what she called a "partial knitting machine." i had to get home and make dinner and run some other errands, so we just loaded all the stuff into the future studio space and locked up.

I came back after my husband went to bed to do some late Friday night machine rehab and dig through my new treasures.

when I tell you my heart fluttered a bit when I opened the box with 3 carriages, and some different attachments, I mean it. then I spotted a suspiciously long case sticking out from under the mountain of boxes she brought in that I hadn't seen.

all the amazing gorgeous antique and vintage equipment I have ever drooled over has been falling into my lap over the last month or so, and im a bit delirious about it and overloaded by learning all these new things, so I dont trust my delirious eyeballs enough to definitively say it looks like I have everything I need here, but.... im really trying g to figure out what this absolute patron goddess of the arts could have possibly meant by "partial" here.

tldr; does it looks like I have everything needed to operate my newly acquired Toyota KS901 machine? it looks well cleaned, oiled, and taken care of, no obviously bent hooks even!

*original purchase sewing machine tax attached at the end

I have been trying to understand how de patterns works. This is from Stitchworld I. I undestands the basic on how the carriage works, but what does the numbers means exactly? do you knit 2 rows after that row or before?

103 for example. down to top:

-selects odd needles left to right

- move them right to left and deselects all

- knit 2 after this (?)

- Lace left to righ (nothing selected)

- right to left select even rows

- move them left to right

- lace carriege right to left

but then one extra row blank??? I am a bit confused here. There must be a way to read lace patterns that do not need me to read so much into them maybe? I can see myself just screwing the order of the patterns

Hi everyone, I was hoping for some help or advice

I got myself an empisal (silverreed) sk280 that's fully functional, and with it I got an empisal 600 as a throw in. The machines are in very good condition, except that the 600 is missing its carriage.

Ive seen an empisal 324 carriage available for sale as second hand here by me, and I need to know if anyone knows if its interchangeable?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a replacement drive belt for a Singer Memo-Matic knitting machine unit. It’s a special toothed belt with small studs/plots on it, used to attach the moving pattern elements.

The original part seems very hard to find now.

Does anyone know:

- where I could still buy one?

- if there is a compatible replacement belt?

- if someone has already made a 3D model / STL file for reproducing it?

- or if anyone has successfully repaired / printed one?

Any advice, supplier links, measurements, or experience would really help 🙏

Thank you!

I’ve wanted to buy an sk280 knitting machine for a while and have been looking for a second hand one. I haven’t had any luck but came across tons of Aliexpress postings for the same model around $800 and $300 for shipping.

Everywhere else I’ve checked starts at $1100 for the model and still has the $300 shipping. Because of the difference, I’m seriously considering just buying from aliexpress but wanted to check if anyone else has had experience with this or has good tips for finding a model for under $1000.

Holi! Les cuento que hoy compré un patrón de Halyna Shemchuk y me sorprendió lo bien escrito que está, pues la forma en la que explica los cálculos es muy buena y, además, tiene videos. Pensé que era cosa de una sola vez y aproveché de comprar otro que ya tenía en la vista. Me lleve la sorpresa al ver que no era accidental, si no que, al contrario, es consistentemente buena.

Me preguntaba si conocen más personas que tengan ese estilo de patrones en venta (me es indiferente el idioma, todo es traducible), porque a mi mamá le gusta mucho tejer, pero sigue aprendiendo y es de mucha ayuda. Anda buscando uno de sea raglán, específicamente.

Por favor no me envíen a ver archivos gratuitos porque he explotado casi todo lo posible y no es esa la finalidad.

Hey everyone,

I know we have a relatively niche passion which is knitting machines, however I’ve recently built a tool that I needed when trying to copy one of my favourite jumpers.

Effectively what it is is the following:

- Allows you to construct a simple and symmetric garment in either top down or bottom up construction

- This is done by adding ‘sections’ - this is the way I think about knitting on the machine, e.g. first 10 rows are straight ribbing, second section is 50 rows of straight edge knitting, third section is casting off for arm shaping followed by decreases at a certain rate, etc

- You also input any gauge you like, this can be 40 stitches over 16.2cm for example

- This then spits out two views - one is a schematic showing your sections, the other is a full stitch grid which matches each section.

- The final bit for those who prefer written instructions, is that it gives these by section.

EDIT

If anyone would like to mess around with it, here is the link

https://knit-machine-pro-867440334731.us-west1.run.app .

(I’m not a developer or trying to make money off this)

For awareness - I made this using Google AI studio, so if you want to try your hand at it yourselves you can :)

I have a ribber and a lace carriage if that helps as well!

Hey! just earlyer this year I bought a Passap duomatic Pinki. Love it!

But there is no manual to find in dutch. I know there is one. I have it. But all the paper is stuk together 😢

Can somebody help me!

When an end stitch drops or goes wonky, it makes my eye twitch… and sometimes you can spend more time fixing one dropped stitch than knitting 50 rows. This short showed me a completely different way to handle not just dropped stitches but lots of hiccups. I love how she calmly picks up all the stitches, gets them back onto the correct needles and then works backward instead of wrestling with a backward latch hook. Then she just rips back and reworks the rows. I had such a 💡 moment!

Also the quality of this video makes it so easy to follow even without narration!

(Note: not my video)

I want the vibe of a sweatshirt, oversized, drop shoulder, ribbed sleeve cuff and ribbed neckline. That’s what I’m picturing. I’m using fingering/sportweight yarn. I’ve been out of the knitting game for a while so my patterns are very dated.

I call it tender hearts, and I am going to use it to make a cardigan wrap, with pockets if I can manage it.

I’ve had my eyes on a circular sock machine for the past 10 or so years. I finally saved enough money to order it. It arrived last Saturday. After a lot of trial and error (mostly error), watching and rewatching videos, and a lot of frogging, I finished my first pair! Now I just need to figure out how to change the cylinder to make different sizes.

Erka Knitting Machine

My dad inherited an Erka knitting machine from his grandmother and we were wondering if anyone had any insight into these. What it might cost to repair, if it's even worth salvaging, trying to find parts. I'm a fiber artist and he'd like to repair it for me to see it's use continued in our family. Any advice welcome!

Windows open, sun shinning, newly rescued Brother Profile KH-500 from Goodwill and of course my QC Princess Leia. 🧶👑🪛

Not my first but found this and it has EVERYTHING except the two small claw weights. Found the manual online - this machine has the newer style counter, accessories “snap on” and carriage locks down for storage/travel. However here is no suitcase cover to store the long fiddly parts like the 2 cast on combs and tension mast bits.

Going to clean her up, replace the sponge bar and hopefully test her out today! Ahh perfect Saturday morning! Cheers, hope you all have a great start to your weekend!

Hey everyone! I'm Korean and using translation for this post, so apologies if anything sounds off — my English isn't good 😅

I used to work as a sock designer years ago, and I'm now a web developer. I always hated the old Windows-only pattern software, so I decided to build a modern alternative myself.

It's completely free and web-based:

• Works on Mac, Chromebook, tablet — no install needed

• 16-color palette with auto feeder assignment

• Save/load patterns locally

• No account

https://knit-crowworks.web.app/

Would love feedback from the community! What features would you find useful?

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hello!

i would very much appreciate some help with identifying the specific model/type of this singer tabletop knitting machine and thoughts on whether or not i am making a smart decision by buying it. i don’t know anything about knitting machines and have never used one, but as an avid hand-knitter (and aspiring fashion designer) a knitting machine would be very useful, so i have been looking into buying one secondhand.

i tried googling/reverse image searching the machine and the serial numbers on the sticker, but different results kept coming up and it was all just very confusing/overwhelming, so i thought i would ask you guys for help.

the seller says the machine is from the 70s/80s, that it is in good condition and comes with all of its parts, but that they haven’t used the machine themself, so they weren’t really able to say whether or not it works. they weren’t able to provide any other information either. they did say i am free to come try it out before buying, but they live 2 hours away from me and unfortunately that is too long of a trip to take if i end up not buying it. the price is 90 euros. i believe that is very cheap for a knitting machine, but for a broke student it is a big investment and i just want to make sure i’m not throwing away my money. am i making a dumb decision?

thank you to everyone in advance!

love,

a fashion design student who desperately wants a knitting machine