July 2015

All Kinds of Machines

This meeting was a little different from our usual format.

We did have demonstrations, but they were short,

and we invited members to try out a variety of different machines:

Standard gauge: – Brother 950 electronic with garter carriage

[which chugged away in the background for the rest of the meeting!]

Fine gauge:

Brother KH120, which is not only a fine gauge machine,

but also uses a different patterning mechanism, push button 8 stitch repeat.

Unfortunately, my photo of this failed to appear,

but the machine was there, honestly!

Knitmaster F370, which is a fine gauge punch card

very similar to Knitmaster and Silver Reed standard gauge machines

Mid gauge:

Knitmaster HK160 and a folding version the MK70,

both with punch card mechanisms

Silver LK150 a manual machine with lots of scope for mental technology!

Convertible [standard to chunky] Brother Kx395 –

pictured with a KX390 carriage [without the intarsia feature,

although the correct carriage is on the table behind]

There was plenty of food for thought, and a few people now on the lookout

for alternative machines, I think!