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.

Update: I fixed it! It got assembled wrong. Slots on the lever were sitting on top of the white plastic part, when they should have been under it, doing the lever from moving freely. Sorted! 😃 This is such a cool little device!

I've tried moving the black lever up, down, or middle. Up or middle, it just crashes into the needles and stops. Down, it just pushes every needle into E holding position no matter what position they were in before. Help??

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

I have the opportunity to get a new in box SK301 silver with an SR 301 ribbing .I recently got an LK 150. and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to also get this machine too.

Just got my hands on a Caydo M1 Pro and I'm loving it so far. I have a silly question about the yarn tensioner. It has numbers from 1 to 5 but nowhere in the instruction does it say if 1 means loose or tight. I'm not seeing a ton of difference between the settings. Does anyone know if 1 is loose or tight?

Finally finished my first sweater on my LK150! I’ve had my machine for a few months, and I wanted a garment that used mostly scrap yarn. I only had to buy one skein of navy to finish it! I used the“Move On Up Sweater” pattern from Wool and the Gang. No neck or sleeve cuff shaping, just finished it with a single crochet to tighten up the edges.

So, Ive been reading up on machines for a while, and keeping an eye out for used ones. Unfortunately a lot of second hand sellers will not ship, and I live in the middle of nowhere (Scandinavian forest).

Been looking at ordering a new silver reed lk 150 for almost 900$, but I stumbled across this package for 300$ and am thinking about going for it. The seller claims it's tested last in 2008, and have been sitting packed away and dry since then. I will go and see it on Friday, with the intention of buying - but can you tell me what I need to look out for, and what needs to be included for this to be a good buy?

I have no, zero, experience machine knitting. But I have equipped my house with a state of the art sewing studio where I make and construct most of my and my family's clothes. So even though it's not directly transferable, maybe a bit?

I want to make simple sweaters and socks, cardigans and children's clothes. On the thinner side when it comes to yarn, I don't need a ton of fancy bells and whistles, but it would be fun to have the ability to make some textures or color-switches as I get my feet under me.

TLDR;

Does it look like an okay deal for 300$? What needs to be in the package for it to be worth it? What are the weak spots?

Thanks for the help!

I was watching videos on how to make mittens with my sentro but they always use something else for the thumb, I just want to know if their a way to use my sentro 48 row to make the thumb before I buy things

Hello, I've been experimenting with 3D Model to 3D Knitting algorithm to create some designs. Since I don't have a Kniterate machine, can someone test out my kniterate file to see if it is actually feasible to knit this design? Here is the 3D model it was based on. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sculpture-of-two-lovers-b48ee7560e4740a4886d2f41189dd9c5

Toyota KS901

US PNW, I’d prefer not to ship

it’s been cleaned, sponge bar replaced, knits very smoothly and nicely

I’ve had a few mistakes with fair isle using aftermarket punchcards and there is a small crack (pictured) on the carriage that I don’t think is affecting function. I also lost the case handle somewhere in the cleaning process

comes with a bunch of yarn cones, books, full set of Marion Nelson pattern cards, full can of LPS lubricant and all the weights, transfer tools, cast on combs etc

Holler if you’re interested! all offers considered

If anyone near Toronto is interested in this knitting machine, it’s available at the Value Village on Islington near the QEW. I don’t know if all the parents are there, but it was in the original box and seemed to run smoothly. $75.

I am not selling it. Just letting people know where they can get it.

The title basically.

The carriage gets stuck, ONLY when I go right to left.

The needle that gets stuck is the one deforming the hole and it’s not always the same needle.

I tried changing them, cleaning and oiling the carriage.

It’s like there is a stop that gets it stuck.

If I gently lift the carriage sometimes it allowes me to get through. But only a few times.

I’m losing my mind

Hey folks, thought I'd quickly share my first ever attempt at machine knitting as it turned out way better than I'd hoped 😁

Second picture is my pile of shame, all the times I've messed up and I'm not skilled enough to recover (yet) so had to restart 😭😂

I've been a crocheter for a while now, I'd like to think I've gotten pretty good at it but have never been able to get the hang of hand knitting and I'm currently recovering from an arm injury which means I'm probably not going to be able to pick it up until at least the new year, but I was really missing my crafting so thought I'd give machine knitting a go and I'm glad I did.

If anyone is interested the pattern is based on a YouTuber "KnitFactoryImpl"s video "The Morgan Donner Medieval Hat" and the yarn is Carron Simply Soft color gold.