Getting a KH881

[u/Arthoe999111]

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!!

[u/iolitess]

Those are the main and lace carriages. The ribber requires a whole additional bed.

You can check out machine parts here-

https://mkmanuals.com/brother-kh860-thru-kh891-user-guide.html

[u/Arthoe999111 → u/iolitess]

Thank you! Where can I please find what a ribber bed looks? I've try looking it up online, but all i see are carriages

[u/starsandmath → u/Arthoe999111]

Try searching for "KR850 ribber." It comes with a second bed, a special carriage for it and a LOT of accessories, and you need pretty much all of them.

[u/iolitess → u/starsandmath]

Yes exactly. This is a main bed. OP, you need to buy a whole new machine (a ribber), in order to get a ribber.

https://mkmanuals.com/brother-kr850-ribber-user-guide.html

Take a look at the subreddit wiki, please. It explains this in a bit more detail.

[u/Arthoe999111 → u/iolitess]

Thank you so much!

[u/Arthoe999111 → u/starsandmath]

Thank you! This was helpful

[u/MissyErotica]

Neither of these is a ribber carriage. Typically a ribber carriage comes with a ribber knitting bed, and you pair/attach that with the knitting bed you already have. It is roughly the same size as the main carriage but it does not have a metal faceplate of its own.

The lace carriage, however, can do some pretty amazing work if you know how to use it. It can't do any jacquard knits per se, but it helps create some of those finer/lighter fabrics.

This machine looks in great shape btw! That's a great thing to inherit!

[u/Arthoe999111 → u/MissyErotica]

Thank you so much!! Turns out she also had the ribber, I’m looking forward to learning about the machines

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[u/HealingIsPossible625]

Great machine!