How does a Knitting Machine Work? (Longer version) standard Brother / KnitKing KH930
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
- In this video, I try to explain the general idea of how a knitting machine knits. I mis-speak a few times, but overall, I think you might learn something about knitting machines.
Thanks for watching! If you have some points to add or questions or other comments, please write them below.
Nancy
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I am seriously almost in tears after finding your video. About 10 years ago I bought a Brother 910 with ribbing attachment from an acquaintance. Up until then I had experience with hand knitting and with the ultimate sweater machine and thought I was ready to expand my skills. Well when I got the machine home and opened the box I realized I was in way over my head. I somehow found a lady who had a knitting studio and offered lessons...for $25 per half-hour lesson, and I couldn’t afford that. She also made it seem like such a complicated process that I was completely intimidated. I’m hopeless when it comes to reading manuals and trying to figure things out for myself without at least a basic understanding of what I’m looking at. So I got as far as cleaning/lubricating the needles, put it back in the box and thought, I just wasted $400. Fast forward through 10 years of wistful looks at this lonely machine sitting in my spare room...last week I finally decided to admit defeat and sell it (or give it away) to anyone who would give it a good home. I thought by now there would be such advanced modern models that this vintage machine would be too outdated and I’d never find any information about how to use it. Well..within 24 hours I had at least a dozen people begging to buy it sight unseen, some offering more than the $100 I was asking. I thought, hmmm...if this machine is in such high demand, just maybe there’s a UA-cam video out there somewhere that might demystify this enigmatic machine. And I found your video. I’m still intimidated but now I feel like this is achievable!! ❤️❤️❤️ My machine is off the market now 😉 and on my next day off, I’m getting that puppy out and we’re going to get acquainted! Thank you so, so much for taking the time to make this video and for starting with the very basics. I can’t wait to watch your other videos! Can you recommend any other videos or resources that demonstrate the rest of the workings of the machine?
Hi Jennifer, Thank you for sharing your story! I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn that other machine knitters make videos on UA-cam. I can recommend Diane Sullivan from Austin, Texas... TheAnswerLady for repair and maintenance questions... Susan Guagliumi for newer techniques and machine knitting books. I have purchased parts on eBay - you will need a new sponge bar for your machine after 10 years. You can buy one or make one from weather stripping. I hope you have lots of fun with your machine! If you get stuck, write me with what you need and I’ll try to help. I have plans to make more machine knitting videos :)
you should do a series on learning to knit - people would watch it and it would give a lot of people like yourself who are intimidated with their machines hope. It's all doable.
This is almost identical to my experience! I just set up my 940 after several years, and am taking it one day at a time. It's a wonderful machine I bought used. I wish you luck and me, too. So good to know I'm not the only one with that experience!
Did you end up mastering it? I'm so curious!
I relate to this heavily. I bought 2 antique industrial sewing machines, a 1930s Columbia union blindstitch and a 1940s Wilcox and Gibbs serger. I need help setting them up and understanding them, but sadly no sewing machine repairmen in my area will touch them. I found the manual's online and read them, but I'm still scared to turn them on and use them myself....they're both in my dining room still...I hope it doesn't take me 10 years to figure it out! Glad you found a way to use your machine and enjoy it! It's sad to see anything like that sit when there are so many great things you can make. Hope you enjoy your knitting machine!🙏😊
I am impressed to pass by so many professionals who explain their work on the internet and even "cake recipes" to make some pieces, but none of them stop to explain exactly what this equipment is doing !! The demonstration you gave of the needle and what the cart is really doing is PRECIOUS information that, at times, I think the owners of such equipment may not even know about these details. Thanks for that preciousness, it helped me a LOT.
Can you tell me why my second roll part of my stitches fall off. And where I could get some tapes to tell me how to use it.
You mentioned it wouldn't be too technical so I thought you would only show how to use it, but those up close demos at the end showing the actions of the needles was exquisite! Exactly what I was trying to understand, thank you!
The machine is fascinating!
I am just learning how to knit and crocheted (teaching myself). Saw a knitting machine on Marketplace for sale and wondered how it worked. I am now watching your informative video!! Very cool machine/excellent explanation. I think it still takes skill to learn this machine, read patterns to get the right amount of rolls, width, and cast off. How is this cheating....people use ovens to bake cakes..not over a fire....people sew with machines now not always by hand. I love it.
Where are you from
that was the most clear and concise explanation of anything i have ever watched
Thanks!
I truly enjoyed your "how to" video.
This is so cool. I don’t even knit and this was really interesting to watch, you did such a good job of explaining
My mom had 1 of these in the 90s. I never saw her use it so I had no idea what it was. Ty!
I appreciate the time that you took to make this video. I have begun wondering how machine knitters worked! I'm super amazed. I knitted myself a pair of little fingerless gloves (literally some rectangles that I sewed together...), but even after knitting all of that, I still felt like it was so foreign and uncomfortable. I kind of hate it. I think a mechanical knitter is the way to go! I LOVE the stretch inherent in knits, but I just don't want to do it with the needles myself. Thank you! Maybe I'll look into one of these babies and make my own knits!
Thanks for explaining this in such great detail, i always wondered how these machines work / how they knit thread in the industry.
after spending the past few weeks scouring You Tube for videos on getting started using a knitting machine, this is the BEST one i've found to date. i especially like that you show exactly what happens to the yarn and the hooks as the carriage goes across the needle bed. this level of knowledge makes for a better start in machine knitting, as it answers a lot of the "why" questions that i had after watching other videos that only explained the "how" part of the process. the one regret is that i couldn't hit the thumbs-up a thousand more times.
You make the video sound much better than it is, but I’m happy to help. I like knowing what happens to the yarn as the carriage crosses the bed. Thanks for watching and for your kind words!
Thank you! Everything is explained exactly the way I like to receive information: with understanding how it all basically works.
Thank you so much. Was never able to see in big brother.
Thank you for showing how the machine is working. Now I understand how it's working. It's very interesting. Have a nice day. 😉🇧🇻
Wow! This machine is so simple yet so complex!
I love seeing how mechanical engineers from the past figured all these things out!
It’s pretty awesome!
This is the best I’ve seen so far… I’m about to get me a knitting machine and I’ve spent weeks looking for a detailed enough video on how to use the knitting machine. Thank you for this ❤️
This old video has just enabled us to start using our KH836, during COVID lockdown, after having left it in our loft for the last 30 years because the Japanenglish manual was unintelligible when we bought it.Thanks
You’re welcome! There are other knitting machine tutorials on UA-cam. Many of the techniques and instructions will be similar on most Brother machines. The internet has really helped in that way over the last 30 years! There are also Facebook groups for Machine Knitters. Have fun!
These machines are so complex to use, just imagine the ingenuity that went into its invention.
I have an incredible knitting machine! Yours is a lot fancier!
A knitting machine is a tool. What we make with it is all on us. 💜
Nice job. You needed about four hands to do that demonstration, but it came across. I always encourage new knitters to run the carriage without the sinker plate to see what's happening with the needles as it knits.
+itmakesyousmile Thanks! I debated about editing out the first attempt at knitting w/o the sinker plate, but didn't.
Thank you for a very informative video. You truly did explain how the machine works.
Thank u sooo much for helping me. Beginner knitter. I hope u have other videos.
Thank you for a great explanation, I am just learning townhouse my manual knitting machine.
Have fun with your machine!
Excellent vid. thanks for creating it. Very helpful for us noob beginners. :)
A lifetime of value, thank you for this insightful video 🤍 I had no idea how knitting machines work and there are so little videos on them to this day
This is such a great explanation! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain this. I saw a video on Instagram of someone knitting with a machine and really wanted to know what was going on. Really clearly explained!
a lovely intro... am considering buying a second hand one. thank-you.
Finally found great videos to unerstand my Brother Electroknit 930 better ! Can you please please please show us how to work with the L-slede to make lace shawl pattern with the computersection ? :-)
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING 🙏🏻♥️
My mother loves to knit but due to arthritis can’t hold the needles anymore. I’m going to buy her a machine like this so she can knit again. It’s definitely not cheating. Thanks for your video
Thank you so much. It is very clear and helpful!
How does one even invent a machine like this 🤯 its fully mechanical amazing
I agree!
If knitting with knitting machine is cheating, then call me malpracticia. I don't care. Thank you for this video
Good explanation, thank you. I wouldn't worry about those people that say it's cheating, of course it's not, it's just different. I make soap too so going to look at your soap making. :)
Thanks! Soap making channel is Nancy’s Garden Soap. I haven’t added to it in awhile... too busy making soap :)
This is a dream machine for me
If you don’t have one, I hope your dreams come true!
Goodness... this was amazing. Thanks!
Glad to help. Thanks for watching!
Ma'am I'm Emma Adula. I know how to use this knitting machine. I'm a factory worker 10 years ago. But until now. I know how to use this machine.
This is so cool, the needles are such a brilliant mechanism! Thanks for explaining so well!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I have no idea what I imagined what made a knitting machine work but it is far more complex with precision engineering than I thought. The complexity recalls that of a mechanical action pipe organ with its myriads of moving parts large and small, all brought together to work as a harmonious whole. But, regular and careful maintenance required; not just use and put away.
It is pretty amazing! Thanks for watching!
As a mere male, your video took me where no manual had been able! Well done.
We'll, I wouldn't call anyone a "mere male" but I'm glad the video helped. I like thinking about how the machine works. And they aren't that common. Have fun knitting!
This is so nice, I wish I could have one.
This is good. Seriously useful. thank you
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
Omg I want one! Just trying to think where I could hide it from my husband!😂
Lol
Sweet thrift-shop score!
Yes, maybe a once in a lifetime find!
Some people have arthritis then this is very handy.
that was illuminating, thank you!
Thank you !!!
That was so helpful. Thank you!
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks for the explanation.
I'm surprised the under side of the carriage is so complicated. I'd expect just a single wave shaped slot to move the hooks in and out.
Do the various "levers" get oriented differently for two color or a pattern?
It seems to me the only thing it can control is whether some hooks are skipped in any given pass. Wouldn't skipping a hook just do a reduction though?
I've only ever hand knit, and never anything more complicated than plain ribbing.
Good questions. I think some simpler (plastic?) machines may have just a wave shaped path. The different levers can change whether the machine knits in both directions or just one way. The needles have 4 positions labeled A through E. Ok, there is no C... A B D and E where A is an out of work needle, B and D are in work and E is a holding position. A needle in E position will just accumulate strands of yarn with each pass. That’s used for making tuck stitches or possibly holes. Hopefully I have that right. The Brother machines are much more complicated than I could ever explain. Different ones have electronic programming capabilities where the carriage and a belt on the machine communicate somehow to select the proper needles according to the chosen pattern. Hope that helps! ~Nancy
I have knitting machine like this
Such a helpful video
Great job. I had wondered how these things work. Now I can build one. Or day dream about it. 😊 What's the power for?
I think I once watched a video of a homemade knitting machine. The power is for electronic patterning stored in the machine. The patterns could be something like: first row XOXOXOX and the second row could be the opposite OXOXOXO. The electronic patterning can make the machine knit only the X needles or knit Xs in one color and Os in another.
nice one
Good
Good explanation
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
After your explanation i am going to make a machine of my own.
I'm here 3 years later, trying to decide if I should get me one.
Yes, you should! 😊 You could at least start looking for one and see if you can find an affordable machine in good condition.
nice video
Thank you for a very good and detailed video. I've been contemplating getting one of these. Did you say that you have to have a different machine for thicker yarn?
Yes, regular worsted weight yarn (in the US) is too thick for a standard knitting machine. Technically, you may be able to make it work by using every other needle, but it’s hard on the machines. There are mid-gauge and bulky machines.
Can you do lace and color work with these machines? Or is it just for stockinette? Thank you so much for this video❤️
This bulky machine can do thread lace (lace pattern with thicker yarn held in a lace pattern with thread). It has color work capabilities using patterns.
Are they hugely expensive I just picked up a magazine because I wanted to learn about it I think that’s so cool all crafts take time to perfect even on machine
They can be expensive, but watch Craigslist, EBay, and Facebook (and possibly thrift shops) for opportunities. You might need to start small (cheap/old) and then upgrade.
Why did you decide to use the KH 910 knitting carriage on the KH930 machine? I am having trouble with my KH930 buttons sticking, so I am wondering if my KH 910 carriage would work better.
I bought a KH930/CompuKnit II at a Goodwill thrift shop for $25. It didn’t have a carriage. I did some research and saw the price of a replacement carriage ($180-200? at the time) and realized the 910 carriage would work on the 930. The buttons on my KH270 stick, too. There are ways to clean them. (I think TheAnswerLady May have a video on it.)
After high school I went took machine knitting class for the employment purpose after words I learn how to hand knitting and crocheting for the fun, overall I really had done so so little about yarn work, now I am 70+ try to settle down do some yarn playing, I have notice for the hand knitting and crocheting mention a lot about the yarn size and needle size, in machine knits never mentions such thing how strange?? please answer me.
Sure, yarn size is still important as standard machines work best with sport weight or thinner. Bulky machines handle thicker yarns (and thinner). The “needle size” or how loosely or tightly the machine knits is controlled by the tension knob. Thanks for watching!
Like,like,like thank you
At the ending part where you removed the carriage and laid the thread over, was that a way to cast off? Or can you show us a video on how to do that?
Cool
Hi! Can you please help me? I have a very vintage knitting machine, a recent gift. It works with the same principle but I believe I am doing something wrong with the choice of my yarn. What kind of yarn are you using here?
Hi, I’m not sure what I am using in the video, but these standard knitting machines need cone yarn or thin baby-weight to sport-weight yarns. You need something like fingering or sock yarn. Something like a mercerized cotton may work (but NOT the Sugar n Cream type cotton cone yarn. When I got started, I’d visit thrift stores and look for used sweaters with sewn seams (vs served/cut and sewn ones). I’d actually unravel them, wind them onto cones and recycle the yarn for small projects.
i need to make a lap blanket do you have a pattern thanks janice
I had one years ago. loved it. can they still be found for purchase?
You can buy used knitting machines. I think Singer might make new ones called Studio.
nice
I want this 😭
My machine keeps dropping the yarn :( The hooks cannot catch each of the stitches. Do I need to use a very very thin yarn?
Hmm, are you putting weights on the fabric?
Please, how much is this machine??? And where have you buy it , please answer me
Queen Covet l
Hello I was looking at a KH 930 There is an E at end not sure if that means anything. Anyways, I heard you say that you can’t just ask the machine to make you a sock and out comes a sock (that was funny) so can you make socks and sweaters and everything in between and if so is it like a sewing machine pattern where you cut the fabric using a pattern them you have to sew the pieces together on the sewing machine. If that’s how it works how do you put the pieces together? Hope you understand my mumble jumble.
Thank you in advance
Teresa
Hi Teresa,
I did a quick search to find the difference between a 930 and 930e, but didn’t come up with anything. The E most likely means electronic patterning. If you knit fabric, you can use a serger to cut and sew the item (sweater, for ex.). Socks are usually knit on the machine and finished by hand (like sewing a seam at the toe or the whole length depending on how it was made). You *could* shape the pieces on the machine - make the front, back, 2 sleeves, collage - and then sew them together on a sewing machine, but usually people put the pieces on the machine and sew 2-3 rows to attach them. Good questions! I hope I answered them well.
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
I’m enjoyed your video. But I was unable to acquire the info necessary to give insight on my knitting machine. And there doesn’t seem to be any available on the particular model that I own.
I was recently gifted a Singer Studio SRP-322 knitting machine in a box, completely un-assembled, without instructions or an operations manual. And there are no available information or videos online for this product.
Would you have any knowledge or information that could assist me? Any related info or assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for sharing your video. It was very helpful nonetheless.
Hi Karlesism,
Here is a link by theanswerlady on setting up a Singer Studio knitting machine: ua-cam.com/video/5Sm1DqAn8Zo/v-deo.html
Many of the machines are similar. For a Singer Studio, try searching “Singer 322 knitting machine” or replace the word Singer with Studio. I am not familiar with that brand, but if you don’t find info on the 322, the 323 may be close enough to get you started.
My next advice is to join a Facebook machine knitting group and ask for guidance.
Hope that helps! Have fun! Nancy
Thanks
Is this approximately ow industrial machines function?
That’s a good question. I’m not sure. I suppose the hook action is the same. I have a motor for my knitting machine that moves the carriage back and forth. I’d like to think that an industrial version would be more precise and more automatic and faster.
Hi what type of yarn can I use for this machine. I want to get a machine that knits /crochets wool yarn.
Thank you
You would need a thinner yarn like sport weight or thinner (baby yarn, sock yarn). It usually comes on a cone. When I started out, I would unravel / recycle sweaters to get yarn for my machine. Peter Patchis offers come yarn. Also check eBay. If you live outside the US, the cone yarn may be available at shops in larger cities.
@@cre8tivefun thanks so much for getting back to me.
Can you provide me with the link to purchase, please, I need it
Can you make queen size blankets with that
You would have to piece them together - like knit 3 or more panels and see them together. Some people have “hacked” 2 LK150 knitting machines and connect them together to make 1 really long knitting machine.
I found a video where someone connects 2 Silver Reed LK150 knitting machines to make a super long bed. It’s long, but look at the first and last 5 min to see before / after: ua-cam.com/video/u1KtFJc5f1I/v-deo.html
Were is for sale
Marcel the shell voice
Lol
How much is this machin ??
I could teach you how to fly an airplane faster than I could ever learn how to use this complicated machine.
That’s funny :)
Quisiera saber como hacer diseños x favor
Cual maquina tienes? Me falta enseñar en español.
@@cre8tivefun tengo la knitking IV
Aqui es un video: ua-cam.com/video/8swCGB20t_I/v-deo.html
Empieza a los 6:30 minutos para tejer un patron.
Too much bro..keep it up
Where can I get this knitting machine
I’d start by searching eBay, Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. Find machine knitting groups on Facebook, join them and ask around. I got 2 of mine by writing someone selling a knitting book on eBay. Another I found at Goodwill and another I found at a small thrift shop. I hope that helps!
I found one on amazon which cost around 1000
Hi does anyone here know anyone who can recreate a sweater for my wife’s birthday? Long story short for the sake of the comment section I don’t have a pattern but I do have photos. Been told to difficult to do by hand. Birthday in October
There are machine knitting groups on Facebook. You could ask there.
Is that a Hanover accent I hear?
No, southern NJ or Philly most likely :)
@@cre8tivefun ohhh ok! :)
Hanover, PA?
@@cre8tivefun yeah
You bought this for $25?
Yes, I think this was the $25 machine. I should also say that it was missing the knitting carriage that cost $180(?) to buy.
@@cre8tivefun They were such amazing looking machines. Why did Brother stop making them?
LOL if using a knitting machine is cheating, then driving a car is also cheating. Do people really get snooty over how you do it? Silly.
True, true! Thanks for the nice comment!
Please use in Hindi language
I don't know how to translate to Hindi, but I will think about it.
No offense but it is cheating
Lol, so is a sewing machine!
I have knit over 100 sweaters for the charity project "Knit for Kids". That was only possible because I had a knitting machine. 🧶🪡