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Old April 3rd 04, 10:33 PM
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Julie wrote:

I'm so out of touch, has machine knitting become a dieing hobby? My local
newsagents don't stock machine knitting magazines anymore. It used to be so
popular in the 1980's but I can't find any machine knitters now. Am I just
looking in the wrong places?


There are still machine knitters around, but the
commercial boom is over. The companies kept coming out
with better and more expensive machines until they
saturated their market without really expanding it.
Silver-Reed is still in business, IIRC, and the Chinese
are making a basic mechanical machine - the Artisan. In
the U.S. Machine Knitter's Source is still published and
even has on-line editions. http://www.mksource.com/
There are some email lists and this newsgroup, as well.

There is a big business on eBay, selling machines, parts,
patterns, and gorgeous yarn, too.
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