It's a Singer Memomatic 327, standard gauge (4.5mm), 24 st punchcard, with built in Knit Contour, and also has a ribber (too shy for a photo). Rob is concerned that it is 'too old' (punchcards are archaic now he says). However, I found basically the same machine for sale new. However, to buy all three parts (the knit contour is now separate), it would cost $2077!!
The bottom of this swatch is punchcard #18 used for slip stitch. The wrong side is actually the right side, however it doesn't show up on either side because I think the tension was too loose. Then I tried the same card as a slipstitch Fair Isle.
Weeee!! Now I have to go hunting for more punchcards!!
I have a huge cone of this bright red yarn, and quite a bit of the green. It's called "Pine Green" but in one blob, it's too bright too. I do have some other cones to experiment with. This yarn is FINE! I have some dark blue and some moss green that would make nice...shirts? It's so fine it doesn't feel like sweater material!
I'm having a hard time finding patterns though. I got 4 magazines from another guild member, but even the 'advanced beginner' ones seem too hard, are written too vaguely, are ugly, or for different machines. I know I can chart up my own plain things, but I want to do something with the punchcards, and not look like 4 rectangles sewn together and called a sweater. I'm beyond that!
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If you don't mind making your own, there are PDFs of the Brother standard sets of punchcards at http://punchcards.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/. Not sure what line your machine starts on - Brother starts on line 7
lucky lucky!
one day i'd love to get a knitting machine :) but i think we need a bigger house first... it's already overflowing!
I'd be interested to hear more of your experience with the knitting machine. I've wanted to get one, but haven't ever taken the plunge. I found one at a 2nd hand store once for about $50 and ALMOST bought it, but I didn't even know if it would work.
I'm interested in hearing about your success with using the lace carriage with this machine (I have the same, along with a few of the Singer documents that were written on a typewriter(really shows it's age!) Including a book called Memo-Matic How To Do.)
Adriaan, I found out that the lace carriage will not work with the 327 because the needles are not the right type (flexible). Someday, maybe I'll get one with a lace carriage though I feel I don't give the machines enough attention now that I have three plus all my sewing, music, blogging, work...
I have a brother KH588 and it is one of those models that come with a lace carriage and the needles look the same to me so I have wondered. I've heard that the 360 is similar to the 327 in regard to it's sinker plate and such. I'm a bit swamped like that too, with all 27 of my sewing machines and my 5 knitting machines all requiring their own attention.
I believe the 360 is identical to the 327 except for the needles :( If I had known this, I might have waited, since they're fairly readily available. But I didn't have much time to decide, or research (there wasn't a lot on the internet) and the price was great. I like handknitting lace though, so at least I can do that.
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