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Welcome to the Machine Knitting Wiki The community-driven repository for home and industrial machine knitting documentation, instruction manuals, techniques, maintenance guides, and local guilds.

💻 Machines Directory Find technical specifications, gauges, stitch patterning capabilities, and manuals for major knitting machine brands: Brother / Knitking Silver Reed / Singer / Studio Passap Toyota Stoll & Shima Seiki (Industrial) View All Brands & Gauges...

🧶 Techniques & Patterns Step-by-step instructions for basic and advanced machine knitting techniques: Cast-Ons & Setups Standard Bind-Offs Single & Double Bed Ribbing Short Rows & Shaping Plating, Slip Stitch, & Tuck stitch Browse All Techniques...

🔧 Maintenance & Repairs Keep your machine running smoothly with illustrated guides on maintenance and troubleshooting: Sponge Bar (Needle Retainer) Replacement Deep Cleaning & Carriage Lubrication Unjamming a Carriage Replacing Damaged Needles Tension Dial Adjustments Gauge

📖 Manuals & Documentation

If you are looking for instruction manuals, service manuals, parts lists, or stitch patterns, visit individual machine pages in the Machines Directory. We link to verified PDF manuals for models including the Brother KH-881, Passap Duomatic 80, Silver Reed SK-280, and many others.

🤝 Community & Guilds

Connecting with other machine knitters is one of the best ways to learn:

• Machine Knitting Guilds & Clubs: Find local knitting machine guilds in your region.
• Online Communities: Discover active forums, Facebook groups, and email groups dedicated to machine knitting.

✏️ Contributing

This wiki is maintained by machine knitters, for machine knitters. We welcome you to help expand our database:

• Read our Contribution Guidelines to learn how to edit pages.
• Share your knowledge on cleaning, patterning, or vintage machine models.
• Help upload or link to hard-to-find manuals.