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General
  • 10 simple essentials for every machine knitter
  • A short history of machine knitting PDF
  • Abbreviations #1
  • Abbreviations #2 
  • Abbreviations #3 
  • Alfred Menzi's machine knitting page
  • Angelika's Yarn Store
  • Are you curious about knitting machines? PDF
  • Buying a knitting machine #1
  • Buying a knitting machine #2
  • Cables for knitting machines
  • Chart of various knitting machine manufacturers
  • Chart history of knitting machines
  • Combinations of Brother devices
  • Conversion charts - knitting needles and crochet hooks
  • Converting between machine gauges
  • Demystifying Knitting Machines
  • Different yarns for different knitting machines
  • Electronic knitting machines for beginners *NEW*
  • Facts about knitting machines (Swedish)
  • Handknitting vs machine knitting - the pros and cons
  • Helpful Info for Machine Knitters
  • How to sew a cover for your machine
  • Knitting machine comparison
  • Knitting machine comparison #2
  • Knitting machine help - useful documents to download
  • Knitting Machine museum
  • Knitting machine stitches
  • Knitting together - the heritage of the East Midlands knitting industry
  • Love that charting attachmentPDF
  • Machine cross reference chart
  • Machine gauges - a rough guide
  • Machine knitting in 1955
  • Machine knitting table or bench
  • Machine knitting tips and tricks
  • Machine Knitting Wiki - info and pics on some machines
  • Machine Knitting Wikibook - useful information on machine knitting - also in Danish
  • Machine needles comparison table
  • Make a garter barPDF
  • Make your own knitted ribber comb (any machine)
  • Making lace on a bulky
  • Making the most of the garter barPDF
  • Mosaic tuck stitch on machines with no patterningPDF
  • Passion Tricot (French)
  • Pingouin TP2
  • Rediscover the knitleader
  • Ribber clamp measurements
  • Rough guide: HK to MK conversion
  • Setting up a Hague linker
  • Steps to making a hand-crafted garment
  • Threading up your knitting machine
  • Troubleshooting tips for knitting machines
  • Using the garter bar
  • Using your knitleader
  • Using your knitleader to convert a written pattern to a schematic
  • What you should know before buying a knitting machine
  • Why knitting machines?
  • Yarn and knitting machines chart
  • Yarn comparison chart
  • Yarn counts and equivalents
  • Youtube links: Ask Jack

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Artisan
  • Artisan
Bond/ISM/USM
  • Beads in knitting
  • Bind/cast off techniques
  • Blocking, pressing and steaming
  • Bond home page
  • Bond/USM hints
  • Button and buttonhole methods
  • Cables
  • Cast ons
  • Chevrons
  • Crochet hook uses
  • Curling edges
  • Cut and sew techniques
  • Double knitting
  • Edgings and trims
  • Elastic in knits
  • Embellishments
  • Embossed (purl) knitting
  • Heart cable with moss stitch
  • Fairisle, color, intarsia and mosaic knitting
  • Filet knitting
  • Full fashion decrease
  • Garter bar instructions
  • Grafting
  • Graphing pictures
  • Groovy plus garter bar, tips
  • Handknit to machine knit conversion
  • Illusion knitting
  • Intarsia bobbins
  • Keyplate and yarn gauge chart
  • Knitted inserts
  • Lace patterns
  • Line stripper
  • Multiple latch hook tools
  • Paper clip cast on comb
  • Pockets
  • Scalloped double hems
  • Scalloped lace borders
  • Seam as you go
  • Seamless tubes
  • Seam once you've finished
  • Seams
  • Shaping
  • Short rowing
  • Shoulder shaping and seaming
  • Slip stitching
  • Stitches (patterning)
  • Tables and extensions
  • Tartans on the Bond
  • Transfer tool uses
  • Two strand, two colour knitting
  • Useful stuff
  • Waste yarn tips and ideas
  • Weighting work
  • Yarn scraps - uses and ideas
  • Zippers - how to sew them into your knitting

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Brother/Knitking
  • Accessories and machines: What fits what
  • Brother 950i mylar sheet reading program
  • Brother 950i needle selector
  • Brother 970 help
  • Brother 970 pattern creation in 2 colours
  • Brother Breimaschinemuseum (Dutch)
  • Brother carriage settings from the underside
  • Brother CK35 commercial knitter
  • Brother comparison tables
  • Brother vs Knitking comparison
  • Brother KMs: punchcards and their uses
  • Brother/Knitking compatibility charts, alternate link
  • Brother link cables
  • Brother machine basics
  • Brother punchcard knitting
  • The Brother transfer carriage
  • Choosing a Brother knitting machine
  • CK35, what I have learned so far
  • Creation Group, list of Brother ribber combinations
  • Daisyknits Brother information
  • Double-bed jacquard knitting for electronic
  • Double-bed jacquard knitting on KH950i with ribber attachment
  • FB100 instructions and errorsPDF
  • Garter carriage bag of tricks
  • Garter carriage, or how Roz broke her garter carriage and other tips
  • How to begin an Img2track pattern on a KH940
  • How to make text without DAK
  • Multicoloured rib (DBJ) on a KH950i
  • Modifying a P carriage to work on the Brother
  • One row tuck
  • Positioning a single motif from your mylar sheet
  • Programming a KH930/940
  • Programming the Brother KH950i
  • Punchcard DBJ
  • Using a laptop as a PPD monitor (Ravelry)
  • Using Knitmaster mylars on a Brother
  • Using the Brother knitleader - some tips
  • Using the knitleader
  • Xena Brother knitting machine list

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Corona
  • Short history of Corona 

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Silver aka Knitmaster/Singer/Studio/Empisal/Silver Reed
  • Accessories and machines: What fits what
  • AG50 intarsia carriage
  • AG50 intarsia carriage - review
  • Creation Group
  • EC1 set up checklist
  • Knitting machine history and information
  • Knitmaster carriage disassembly
  • Ingenious yarn mast modification - mast moves with carriage (video)
  • Knitmaster cheat sheets
  • LK150 tips and tricks
  • Knitmaster carriage from the underside
  • Knitmaster symbols explained
  • PE1, tip sheet
  • Roni Knutson's Studio/Silver Reed/Singer/Knitmaster page
  • RT1 transfer carriage
  • SC3 linking carriage
  • Scales for knitradarPDF
  • Tutorial - learn to use the Studio/Singer Knit Contour
  • What fits what chart (Silver)PDF
  • Xena Knitmaster knitting machine list
Knitsmart
  • What is a Knitsmart?

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Passap
  • Accessories and machines: What fits what
  • A searchable list of Deco cards by technique
  • Downloading and knitting on the E8000
  • E6000 console capability download test
  • E6000 information
  • E6000 motor connections
  • E6000 knitting from Japanese machine knitting patterns
  • Form programmes explained
  • Hacking the E6000
  • Passap battery and chipset info
  • Passap E6000: Suggested stitch sizes
  • Passap E6000 techniques
  • Passap E6000 and Passap DM-80 machine equivalent charts
  • Passap E6000 stitch patterns (tuck and slip)
  • Passap errata
  • Passap knitting techniques conversion PDF
  • Passap knitting using Design-a-Knit software
  • Passap stitch sizes
  • Passap techniques
  • Pushers and lock settings on a Passap E6000/Duomatic
  • Rette knitting machines - lots of Passap info and downloads (DE)
  • Woolleys website - retrieved from archives

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Superba
  • Superba/Singer/White blog
  • Superba vault

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Taitexma - a Chinese Brother clone
  • Taitexma
Toyota / Elna
  • Accessories and machines: what fits what
  • About Toyota knitting machines - some brief info
  • History of Toyota knitting machines
  • Toyota knitting blog
  • Toyota manuals and info
  • Xena Toyota list
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