Machines

Domestic Knitting Machines

These are machines intended for home use. Note: this should include the semi industrial Passaps and Brother ck-35

Manufacturers

Domestic & Hobbyist

• Brother (Includes KnitKing, Jones, and Defendi rebrands)

• Singer/Silver Reed (Includes Knitmaster, Studio, Empisal, and Seiko)

• Passap (Also sold as Pfaff in some markets)

• Toyota (Also sold as Elna or Elena)

• Bond (Mostly plastic-bed mid-gauge machines; known as the "Incredible Sweater Machine")

• Knittax (Early German-engineered manual and punchcard machines)

• Superba (French-made machines often branded as Singer, White, or Phildar)

• Corona (Japanese manufacturer of both standard and bulky machines)

• Juki (Japanese manufacturer known for unique early manual models)

• Artisan / Taitexma / Creative (Modern Chinese manufacturers producing clones of vintage Brother and Silver Reed models)

Hand-Crank & Circular Sock Machines (CSM)

• Lamb (Famous for the Lamb LT 150 and early Lamb Tuttle models)

• Erlbacher (Modern manufacturer of Gearhart-style circular sock machines)

• Addi / Sentro (Modern plastic circular machines for hobbyists)

Professional & Industrial

• Dubied (Swiss V-bed machines; models include the Dubied NH, Dubied MR, and Dubied MM)

• Shima Seiki (The Japanese leader in modern computerized "WholeGarment" knitting)

• Stoll (German industrial flat-bed leader, now part of the Karl Mayer Group)

• Kniterate (Digital "desktop" industrial knitting machine for small studios)

• Monarch / Fukuhara (Leaders in large-diameter circular knitting machines)

• Mayer & Cie. (German circular knitting manufacturer)

• Santoni (Italian leader in seamless "circular" garment technology)

Brands

Brother Related Brands

Knit King (The primary brand for Brother machines in the US market)

Jones (The brand used for Brother machines in the UK)

Knitmaster (Early Brother machines were occasionally sold under this name in Europe)

Silver Reed Related Brands Studio (The primary brand for Silver Reed in the US and Canada)

Singer (In many markets, including Australia and parts of Europe, Silver Reed machines were sold as Singers)

Empisal (The brand used for Silver Reed in South Africa and parts of the UK)

Knitmaster (The primary brand for Silver Reed machines in the UK)

Viscount (A brand name used for Silver Reed models in various regions)

Superba Related Brands

White (The brand name for Superba machines in the US)

Singer (Note: Singer also sold French-made Superba machines, which are dual-bed units)

Phildar (A French brand for Superba machines)

Toyota Related Brands

Elna (Many Toyota machines were sold under the Elna name, particularly in Europe)

Elena (A variant branding for Toyota models)

Passap Related Brands

Pfaff (Passap machines were rebranded as Pfaff after the companies merged/collaborated in later years)

Miscellaneous & Department Store Brands

Sears (Sold various rebadged machines, often Kenmore or Brother-based)

Montgomery Ward (Often sold Brother rebadges)

Penney's (JCPenney sold various Japanese-made machines under their house brand)

Industrial Knitting Machines

This might just need to link out to the computational knitting wiki

Machine Table

Below is a sortable list of all knitting machines currently in the database:

Manufacturer	ModelName	Gauge	Type	Needles	ReleaseYear	Aliases
Brother	KH 210	Bulky	Domestic	110	1,970	Brother Chunky Manual
Brother	KH 230	Bulky	Domestic	110	1,982	Brother Bulky 9
Brother	KH 341	Standard	Domestic	200	1,980	Brother Foldaway
Brother	KH 400	Standard	Domestic	200	1,988	Brother Convertible
Brother	KH 552	Standard	Domestic	200	1,968	Jones KH 552
Brother	KH-800	Standard	Domestic	200	1,971	Jones KH-800
Brother	KH-801	Standard	Domestic	200	1,973	Jones KH-801
Brother	KH-810	Standard	Domestic	200	1,975	Jones KH-810
Brother	KH-881	Standard	Domestic	200	1,983	KnitKing SS-881 • Jones KH-881
Brother	KX 350	Mid	Domestic	132	1,985	Brother Home Knitter
Dubied	JET 2	Variable (5-cut to 12-cut)	Electronic Flat Machine		1,978	Dubied JET
Dubied	MM	Variable (5-cut to 14-cut)	V-Bed Industrial		1,930	Dubied Master
Dubied	MR	Variable (5-cut to 14-cut)	V-Bed Industrial		1,940	Dubied Moderne
Dubied	NH	Variable (5-cut to 14-cut)	V-Bed Industrial		1,920	Dubied Normal
Lamb	Class 1	Variable (typically 5 to 9)	V-Bed Flat		1,867	Original Lamb • Lamb V-Bed
Lamb	LT 150	Variable (Cylinder dependent)	Circular Sock Machine		2,017	Modern Tuttle
Silver Reed	SK 210	Standard (4.5mm)	Metal Bed Manual	200		Singer 210 • Studio 210