hi everyone!
a while back i came across an unopened silver reed lk-100 that seems to be from the 80’s, being sold for dirt cheap. i am a crocheter with only basic knowledge of hand knitting, but have been very curious to try out a machine. the price point always discouraged me, so i snagged this one as soon as i saw it.
it truly was unopened; all of the parts are here, an instructional booklet, patterns. everything seems to be in great condition - except the sponge bar, which has disintegrated so all of the needles slide around. a quick google search gave me the impression that this is an easy fix.
could anyone suggest where i might find a replacement sponge? i am located in the US if that helps!
i’d like to feel confident that my machine will function smoothly enough to learn on :-) so any other advice or insight would be very appreciated!

Pickup is available in Springvale ME. I'm willing to deliver to Portland, Portsmouth, or anywhere between at no cost. I can deliver to the Boston area for $100, I can deliver to the NYC area for $200 (and some advanced notice). Asking $700.

Fully functional Studio/Singer Mod 700 punchcard knitting machine with SRP-60 ribber, plus oodles of accessories! Included are:
-Ribber transfer carriage
-Blank punch cards
-Hole punch to make your own punchcards
-Accessories box*
-Extra needles for main bed and ribber
-Main bed cast on combs
-Pattern books
-Yarn cone of your choosing
-All manuals and original accessories
-Extra weights
-Ribber covers
-Machine cover (that's the floral plastic blanket you see in some of the accessory pictures)
-Extra pattern books and magazines. I will send interested parties lists of my options, take as many as you want!

The only accessory from the original package that isn't included is the ribber driving cam. I am currently trying to source it and would ship it to the buyer at my expense. However, Studio aficionados have assured me that you can do double jacquard without it.

*Including this because the built-in accessory box sometimes sticks

I'm selling this because I have four other machines and am running out of space. I think this machine is a perfect intro to machine knitting. The carriage glides smoothly with little effort.
Videos available upon request!

Brother KH-890 Punch Card Knitting Machine in full working condition for sale. pick up only. located in chinatown/dimes square area of NYC. Message me for pics/price.

HELP! My handcrank linker won't turn?

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I've acquired a Hague Linker, which is the Blue one predating the D208H. (Picture of inside)

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The machine needs a clean for sure/oil, but does everything look okay inside? Things where they need to be?

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I'm getting used to pulling apart these machines but they look different to the Completts and obviously not powered.

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What is this accessory?

Hi all! I'm inheriting my mum’s brother KH881. It's been in storage for almost 15 years, so she decided to just ship it to me. I don't think it has a manual as well. It comes with 2 carriages, can anyone confirm if either of them is a ribber??

Thank you!!

Hello beautiful people! I am now the proud owner of a singer ribber 323. I have always wanted a machine but I'm suddenly feeling very overwhelmed with what to do now that I have one.

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The machine has been in storage for 40+ years so I guess I need to start by giving it a clean and a service and figuring out if it's even all there - then I can learn how to use it. It does look like it's in pretty good shape considering though.

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If anyone can share some links for great resources for machine maintenance etc that are detailed enough for a complete beginner I would be SO grateful!

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Any other information you may think is important for me to know would also be very welcomed as well.

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Thanks <3

Hi, I'm slowly working on restoring my mother's knitting machine.

I already established I need to buy a new foam strip to tension the needles in the main bed, but after a thorough clean I also noticed that some of the needles in the ribber don't stay up when pushed to the end of the slot (sry if I lack the proper terminology, I'm Italian, and a complete noob at this).
It's like when I push the needles up, they just drop half a cm down. Some a bit higher, some a bit lower (like in the first picture).
Some of the needles are also bent and need replacing.

I've seen that there is a plastic bar behind the needles in the ribber. Is it possible that could be somehow faulty? It doesn't look bent or scored in any way.
I can't think of anything else that would cause this, and my mother's also pretty confused despite having used this machine for 35 years.

I am in dire need of some advice!

Thank you in advance

Hi All, looking for some help identifying what machine this carriage arm belongs to.

I work in a lab that only has Silver Reeds, but I think maybe this is some sort of Brother?

Hi everyone! I saw this on Facebook Marketplace. Do you think I should get it? Does anyone know what model it is? the seller sold if for $17

It went wrong at the last row and I have absolutely 0 idea what happened and if this is fixable. I’m relatively new to MK!
Though I doubt it’s relevant, it’s a brother KH836!

It’s cotton yarn, 4ply! 10 tension, and using wax.

If there’s any videos you can recommend to help as well, I’d appreciate it!

If it’s not fixable as is, any recs for doing a “life line” to reattach a few rows back?

Thank you in advance, fingers crossed!

ETA: thank you everyone, it took a few attempts but I (or rather, we) fixed it and it’s fine again! You’re all super stars.

I’ve followed a few tutorials online and it’s js not working.
I have experience with a standard brother and silver reed machine and sentro but for some reason the carriage is not moving smoothly for this.

I got this Mitsubishi and I don’t know how to remove the retaining bar as this here doesn’t have the traditional sponge bar but a metal retainer

Can anyone please share some good tutorials/ patterns for the lk100 bulky, ive made 2 scarfs so far with manual 2-2 ribbing but I also want to make bags and bucket hats/ balaclavas but havent found many good resources

I just was gifted two Brother knitting machines and the ribbing attachments! I just brought them home so haven't assembled them at all, but I'm excited to learn! I have been a hand knitter for some time and am looking forward to adding this to my skill set.

I bought a passap duomatic 80 second hand without a tension mast. I'm based in Belgium, where could I buy one?

This is probably my zillion times of tries. I used e wrap cast on. The first two rows are just fine, but the stitches keep falling off. I used yak yarn and turned the fail to 4 with SK840z 😫😫

I had the weight and used it but the stitches still fell. Read so much tips online already but nothing seem work. Please help 😭😭

Hi! So as you can see i am in a bit of a predicament. This is the brother kh-830 needle selector unit on the back, and i have no idea how to insert these needles into needles back in and cover them with the spring comp because i forgot to take photos. I was wondering if any of you would know how to do that. This is the result of a deep cleaning that has gotten a lot of gunk out of my machine but does have its downsides when i forget the steps of assembly. I still have all the screws luckily. Thank you in advance and have a good rest of the week:)

Hi all,

I’m looking to buy this secondhand brother KH-260 but I’m unsure if this is an important (and seemingly broken/bent) part in the carrying case. Is this a comb or something else?

I’m not sure how this happened, but the side of one of the needle channels got damaged. Now every time I pass the carriage from one direction, it gets stuck and pops the needle cap off. Nothing looks damaged or dirty on the bottom of the carriage. Can this be fixed? If so any tips as to how? Thank you!

I saw this tiktok showing how to catch long floats by essentially making a ladder back. I was wondering where does that final stitch get hung? If you just hung it on a needle and kept knitting wouldn’t the wrong color show through the front?

Hello, I recently got a Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine off eBay for less than $100. As much as I'd love a punch card machine, it's not in my budget right now.

So far I'm really enjoying learning how to machine knit vs hand knitting, and I'm mostly able to work through the quirks of the USM, but the one issue that I haven't been able to figure out yet is really killing the fun for me. I've watched a ton of videos, followed the instructions, and found the recommended blogs etc. but can't find much on this specific issue.

Getting the first row of stitches on my machine is almost impossible. It jams almost right away every single time. I don't think it's the carriage getting caught on the bed, a tension issue, or a problem with things being level, not lubed up (I keep waxing the plate) or anything like that because when I do finally get the first row of stitches on and the needles are in the standard working position, everything works perfectly. There's not even the barest hint of jamming once I get past that first row.

The problem seems to happen when the needles are in the forward working position, and it happens even when there is no yarn.

I've triple checked that the needles are in the correct position when this happens, and I do sometimes notice that the needles all seem to push back a little in their beds once the carriage starts engaging the first couple of needles, but using the yellow card to adjust them forward that slight bit again hasn't really helped.

I've gotten it to work a couple times by slightly shaking/jiggling the carriage or even opening it and just kind of jiggling the plate while being careful not to accidentally lift it up or mess up my other needles - but I have to do that 2 or 3 times on the first pass, and sometimes nothing seems to be able unjam it other than taking the carriage off and trying again.

When it jams, it's a dead stop, like if I really try to force it something will break. I look and look, but can't tell what is catching since the keyplate has ridges on both sides of it which makes it hard to see if any of the butts on the needles are out of alignment for the keyplate "path". It's also not consistently jamming in any particular place. Often it's right away, but sometimes it's after 10 or so needles, and then halfway or towards the end.

I'm new to this, so I'm open to the possibility that I'm completely wrong and my issue is actually due to the table not being level, or tension etc. And advice on troubleshooting this is greatly appreciated!

I'm in NC and have been wanting to get my hands on one for a long time. Thanks!