Juki
History and Overview[edit]
Juki Home Knitting Machines refers to a range of knitting machines and related accessories produced by the Japanese company Juki Corporation. While Juki is widely recognized for its industrial and home sewing, serging, and quilting machines, they also manufactured knitting machines, particularly during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. These machines are less common than those from manufacturers like Brother or Silver Reed, but they occasionally appear on the secondary market.[1]
Juki's current official home product lines are focused exclusively on sewing, serging, and quilting machines, with no knitting machines listed on their contemporary websites.[2][3]
Known Models and Accessories[edit]
Juki knitting machines generally fall into the pushbutton K-series and the Hi-Memory punchcard KE-series:
K-Series (Manual & Pushbutton)[edit]
These are standard-gauge (4.5mm) machines with a 200-needle bed, utilizing manual patterning levers or pushbutton configurations:
- Juki K-821 / Juki K-841 / Juki K-851: Early manual models with selector combs.
- Juki K-861: Standard-gauge manual model featuring an 8-pushbutton pattern selector.
- Juki K-871: One-touch Auto, standard-gauge 8-pushbutton model.
- Juki K-881: One-touch Auto, a popular standard-gauge 8-pushbutton machine.
- Juki K-882 / Juki K-883: One-touch Auto S, advanced standard-gauge 8-pushbutton models.
KE-Series (Hi-Memory & Punchcard)[edit]
These standard-gauge machines incorporate more advanced semi-automatic patterning mechanism:
- Juki KE-1200 / Juki KE-1500: Hi-Memory models combining a 12-pushbutton panel with a 12-hole punchcard reader.
- Juki KE-2400: Hi-Memory punchcard machine utilizing a standard 24-hole punchcard system.
- Juki KE-2500: Hi-Memory punchcard machine utilizing 24-hole punchcards.
Accessories[edit]
- Juki Knit Copy KE-1200: A pattern designer charting attachment designed for layout tracing and garment shaping.