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Knitting Machine Purchase
I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life
used a knitting machine and when looking at the manuals that came with it, I am totally overwhelmed. I just recently learned to hand knit and love it and thought a machine would be fun. Now I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Does anyone have this machine and how do you like it? You can either post your answers here or email me privately at Thanks so much for your response! Teri |
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You are gonna have fun, I used to have one if you get stuck, I moved on to
electronic ones...but it is a great machine..shout if you do get stuck.. Cheers....cher Teri wrote in message m... I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life used a knitting machine and when looking at the manuals that came with it, I am totally overwhelmed. I just recently learned to hand knit and love it and thought a machine would be fun. Now I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Does anyone have this machine and how do you like it? You can either post your answers here or email me privately at Thanks so much for your response! Teri --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/04 |
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I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life
used a knitting machine Mine is a Knit King that handles 4 ply and up yarn. You will have lots of fun. On a weekend I can knock out a sweater from the waist up to the underarms, then put them on circular needles to do the pattern. I'm supposed to be able to do patterns with the intarsia plate, but just haven't taken the time to learn it. Some day, I'm gonna have to take time to do that. Welcome to the group. Frances Take Jacques out before replying. |
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I bought a Brother KX-350 some 20 years ago, which cost about $150, figured
that I couldn't go wrong with that. I loved it. Been hand knitting since the mid 1960's. This machine will do the baby and fingering yarn. A few years ago, I bought an used Singer Bulky Punchcard with Ribber and Stand, and love that one also. I bounce back and forth between the 2 machine's and hand knitting. At the moment, I'm in the process of making a couple quilts, so the knitting machines are resting for a bit. You'll probably machine knit allot, but I'm sure that you will get back into the hand knitting again sometime later. Maine-iac Rose @--- remove the thorns so you don't get pricked, and add a hyphen between the 2 words to email me. "Teri" wrote in message m... I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life used a knitting machine and when looking at the manuals that came with it, I am totally overwhelmed. I just recently learned to hand knit and love it and thought a machine would be fun. Now I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Does anyone have this machine and how do you like it? You can either post your answers here or email me privately at Thanks so much for your response! Teri |
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Teri wrote: I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life used a knitting machine and when looking at the manuals that came with it, I am totally overwhelmed. I just recently learned to hand knit and love it and thought a machine would be fun. Now I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Does anyone have this machine and how do you like it? You can either post your answers here or email me privately at Thanks so much for your response! I don't have one but many here do. I think there's also a group called something like rec.crafts.machine-knitting that might be helpful. =Tamar |
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close Tamar, it is rec.crafts.machine-knit, and god willing you will get one
someday, there are some used ones out there with a good price on them, and they are still in good shape. Maine-iac Rose @--- remove the thorns so you don't get pricked, and add a hyphen between the 2 words to email me. "Richard Eney" wrote in message I don't have one but many here do. I think there's also a group called something like rec.crafts.machine-knitting that might be helpful. =Tamar |
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On 25 Feb 2004 13:40:54 -0800, Teri wrote:
I just purchased a used Brother Model KH-840. I've never in my life used a knitting machine and when looking at the manuals that came with it, I am totally overwhelmed. I just recently learned to hand knit and love it and thought a machine would be fun. Now I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Does anyone have this machine and how do you like it? You can either post your answers here or email me privately at Thanks so much for your response! Teri Hi Teri, And, welcome to the group! I started machine knitting with a Bond, and graduated to an Artisan. Yes, it CAN be a little daunting... since I don't have 'your' machine, I really can't help much... and since Brother no longer makes machines... AHAH!!! Amazon books usually has sellers selling older manuals! HTH, Noreen -- http://mail2office.tripod.com/noreensknitche/ http://mail2office.tripod.com/musings/ http://www.livejournal.com/~noreens_knitche/ change n e t to c o m to email me. |
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