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About Manual Knitting machines
What's a Manual Machine?
Manual machines do not have working punchcards or electronics. An popular example is the Silver Reed LK-150 and the Taitexma TH-160.
With manual machines, the knitter selects needles by hand (often with a Needle Pusher ).
Other devices are also available to make needle selection easier on manual machines.
Most of the stitch pattern techniques available with Automatic Patterning machines are knit-able on manual machines. It's just a matter or manually selecting needles.
To more easily keep track of the sequence of needles to be selected, we recommend a "cheat sheet" gauged to your Machine Needle Pitch.
With manual machines, the knitter selects needles by hand (often with a Needle Pusher ).
Other devices are also available to make needle selection easier on manual machines.
Most of the stitch pattern techniques available with Automatic Patterning machines are knit-able on manual machines. It's just a matter or manually selecting needles.
To more easily keep track of the sequence of needles to be selected, we recommend a "cheat sheet" gauged to your Machine Needle Pitch.
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