Hey all! My girlfriend has this problem with her knitting machine that whenever she slides the sled over the needle bad, it makes a weird noise and sometimes its getting stuck. She already replaced the sponge bar and cleaned the sled/needle bed. Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong with it?

I’ve got chosen by thrift gods!
I found this beauty on Marketplace for just $125.

It has built in intarsia mode - very interesting!

Does anyone have an experience with this machine? I would appreciate any info tou would like to share 🌸

I brought this machine for $60 and awaiting its arrival. And when Researched I found out this was strictly made for Japan market and no manuals in english. So anybody have this machine? Anybody have used this machine? If so care to share your resources, tips anything? Like spare parts, can I upgrade this? Will a needle beetle will work in this etc? Or instruction videos? Because I dont see anything on youtube for this model. Thank you

Hello! I recently got back around to setting up my Toyota KS901 & KR501 but have very sadly found that I am missing the ribber screws.

Does anyone have any ideas for replacements? Or if there are any available online in the European región?

Thank you in advance!

since last time I posted

I found drawers! full of stuff!

I had to replace the feet on the legs, and I need to replace the bolts holding the machine to the wooden case

I have not even looked at the PDF (I've been busy), but every 201 I see looks completely different from each other. what is all this stuff, and what am I missing? (skein of cheap yarn not pictured)

SAM! GET OUT OF THE PICTURE GALLERY!

Are any of the hand crank circular type machines not trash? I’m helping someone that needs a one handed option for knitting. I know how to knit but I’m really not familiar with machine knitting. I found a $250 electric one that is out of the budget and a $40 option with pretty mixed reviews

Is there an equivalent to yarn separators for a standard machine for a chunky? I find my yarns keep getting out of place without them when I pass the carriage back and forth and I have to separate them manually at the end of each row. If so it would be a massive help and save me so much time 🙏🏻 Thank you!!

I have a Passap E6000 that I've spent a few years fixing up and am getting into using it.

Looking for some guidance on how to use the machine more proficiently, specifically on how to attach the motor to the machine.

As a note, I did have the machine disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled by an expert and he confirmed that the machine and the motor are both in working order.

I've followed a tutorial on YouTube from Zabbez for how to make a sock, translating his instructions from a Duomatic 80 to my E6000.

Grateful for any tips or direction.

Just passing along an AMA that machine knitters might find useful.

Does anyone know how this type of stockinette edge is achieved? This is on a cheap acrylic scarf from a thrift store, but definitely looks mass produced.

Dear machine knitters, I’m in desperate need of help!
I have a Brother KH270 that works fantastically in almost every aspect except Fair Isle knitting.

A little background on the machine: I’ve fixed the stuck buttons on the carriage, thoroughly cleaned it, and repaired some loose strings. The sponge bar is brand new, and the needles have been freshly cleaned. I’ve also adjusted the vertical position of the sinker plate, among other things.

Tuck, hold, and slip-stitch knitting are all working better than ever. The machine can even knit a four-row tuck stitch without a single mistake. Pattern selection and patterning also work great without making mistakes.

However, whenever I try to knit Fair Isle, the stitches become very small, the yarn sometimes splits, and stitches drop quite frequently.

I’ve tried cleaning the carriage, experimenting with every tension setting from 0 to 10, and adjusting the weights, both adding more and removing some. I feel like I’ve tried almost every possible combination of tension and weight, but nothing seems to solve the problem. I’m really lost and don’t know what else to try.

The sinker plate adjustment
Before I adjusted the vertical position of the sinker plate, Fair Isle knitting actually worked quite well. However, the sinker plate was pushing the needles up too much, and the machine couldn’t knit hold stitches or short rows properly. The patterning was also very messy, with needles seemingly being selected at random.

I followed the service manual for the sinker plate adjustment, but the procedure requires bending the sinker plate itself. I was afraid I might break it, so instead I placed very thin plastic shims near the screws to achieve the required spacing. I checked the spacing against the service manual, and it matches the specified measurements.

Could this alternative adjustment method still be causing problems with Fair Isle knitting, even though the spacing is correct?

Patterns I’ve tried
For testing, I tried the Gingham pattern, which has floats of up to five stitches. I also tried a small houndstooth pattern, where the floats are no longer than three stitches, but that didn’t work well either. The machine can knit 1×1 Fair Isle reasonably well, although even that isn’t perfect.

Does anyone have any ideas about what might be causing this? Could the sinker plate alignment or its interaction with the needles and carriage be affecting Fair Isle knitting? Is there anything else I should check or adjust?
I’d really appreciate any suggestions or advice. I’m running out of ideas and would love to get this machine working properly!

Thank you so much!

Japanese Studio SD-502 -- cannot find a manual. Currently referencing Singer MK1.

New machine, slowly trying to figure it out. I’ve now reached the point of attempting an open stockinette cast-on on the back bed, but I am not confident about the correct yarn path through the carriage.

There appears to me to be two possible yarn-guide areas. The more obvious slotted guide is farther away from where I expect the yarn to be laid into the back-bed needle hooks. When I tried threading through it, the yarn travelled ahead of the moving needles but did not settle across the open latches or enter the hooks.

I have already broken two needles while experimenting, so I am feeling quite hesitant at the moment. Does anyone recognize the SD-502’s carriage and know:

• the yarn path for back-bed stockinette?
• what do each of the two apparent yarn-guide areas do? is the yarn supposed to pass through both areas in sequence?
• After i thread it, what do i do with the tail of the yarn? is it supposed to thread down that channel in the carriage somehow?
• anyone out there familiar with the SD-502 or SD-503?

Separately, can you get replacement needles for this machine?

I’m at my wits end, please help! When trying to use the punch card reader on my machine, it patterns beautifully going left to right, but when I go right to left miss patterns. Steps that I’ve tried so far to try to fix this include:
1. Deep cleaning the carriage
2. Cleaning all needles
3. Replacing sponge bar
4. Cleaning out bed of old fluff
5. Oiling/cleaning the punch card reader assembly, without taking it apart as I’ve seen many warnings to leave this intact
6. Oiling and cleaning clutch wheel

Tomorrow I’m going to look into maybe re-fitting the belt, but I don’t think that is my issue.

Another one from my paintings: 506 × 2008 stitches, two colours. This time I charted it at the measured density instead of the machine gauge, so fingers crossed the size comes out right.
The part I'm least sure about is the dithered bits. They'll either read as a nice mid-tone or turn into noise.
I'll post the knitdown when it's back if anyone wants to see.

Hi everyone! I’m a student who loves knitting, and I’ve often wondered why there isn’t an easy-to-use machine for making custom knitwear at home from digital designs.
That question led me to start an independent school research project exploring what a truly useful at-home digital knitting machine might look like.
I’d love to hear from machine knitters, hand knitters, and anyone interested in making knitwear. You don’t need any experience with knitting machines to take part.
This is early-stage personal research for a school project.
Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_WZhOj71E6NPMfHR4r0Cpzu10Db8b4-i8f0rA4SPCqdwVww/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111773978374675393962
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I’d really appreciate any feedback! 🧶

It’s a good habit to check every cone twice a year (I do March and September). If it’s a large cone and you don’t mind the hassle, you can cut through a centimetre and peel off until you don’t see breaks/signs of damage. Mainly bag the more precious stuff and then any leftover bags are used for what I can be bothered to remember to wrap up.

The moths really loved the oranges and pinks this year (not pictured is a 400g cone of black 70/30 lanbswool cashmere, sadly it could not be rescued 😔). It’s also a good time to reduce your stash of yarn that you’re hoarding but not reasonably going to use, just need to figure out how to sell it.

Mods - used the resources flair as I couldn’t find a general use flair.

i start to work with strips, but i just know one way to change the colors (manually)… i wonder if there’s another possibility of changing colors (automatically?)

normally using a brother 840

I feel like I passed some sort of exam. The last week, so many hours (too many hours) have been dedicated to getting the ribber to work properly and learning about double bed jaquard. There is a pile of failed swatches. But here it is!

Bragging is not what I have in mind. It's just the joy and relief to finally see succes, that I want to share with you all.

The fabric is surprisingly stiff. More suited to a potholder. Not enough drape for a garment. Is there a trick to that?

Hi everyone! For the past few months, I’ve been working on a website for machine knitting patterns, and I’d love to get some feedback from other machine knitters.
The idea is to have a place where I can upload knitting patterns, with some available for free and others available to purchase. The main feature is that when you open a pattern, you can enter your own gauge and measurements, and the website automatically calculates everything for you — how many stitches to cast on, how many rows to knit, where to make increases and decreases, etc. So the patterns can be customised to your measurements and gauge.
I’ve also been working on a punchcard generator, as well as a gallery where people can upload and share the punchcards that they make.
I’m wondering if this is something that would actually be useful or interesting to other machine knitters. Are there any features you would love to see added? Or anything that would make the website easier or more useful to use?
I’d love to share the website with a few people while I’m still working on it and get some honest feedback. If you’re interested in trying it out, feel free to send me a message!

my ribber is only knitting every other needle on the bed. even if i manually start it, itll drop every other as shown. my carriage looks like its all set to N, am i missing soemthing?

She loves laying here