We carry all the Silver Reed Knitting Machines from the LK150 Hobby Knitter to the Electronic SK840.

This includes the SK270 Fine Knitting Machine, SK160 Mid-gauge Knitting Machine (upgradable to the SK860 Electronic Machine), SK280 Standard Gauge Punchcard Knitting Machine, and the LK155 Chunky Knitting Machine.

The Japanese-made Silver Reed machines can be purchased as a punchcard machine or as an electronic machine. Because the distance between the needles varies widely, the number of needles on a normal bed varies widely. These machines may be purchased as fine gauge machines with 250 needles 3.6 mm apart up to bulky machines with 110 needles 9 mm apart. The farther apart the needles, the thicker the yarn which can be used. The closer the needles, the thinner/finer the yarn which can be used.Standard-gauge machines may accommodate thicker yarns by knitting on every other needle or every third needle. However, as the available number of needles becomes less, the width of the actual knitted piece becomes narrower.

A punchcard machine can produce a pattern which is 24 stitches wide. However, that pattern can be repeated across the width of the knitted piece or positioned in a specific location, which is then called a motif. The pattern MUST be either 24 stitches or a number evenly divided into 24.

An electronic machine can produce a pattern from one stitch to as many stitches wide as there are needles on the machine. Patterns are read into the knitting machine through a scanner called an Electronic Controller, with or without a Pattern Extender if the pattern is wider than 60 stitches.

Silver Reed knitting machines may produce a wide variety of stitch patterns with little to no effort. You may knit a fairisle pattern; a single or multi-color tuck stitch pattern; a single or multi-color slip/skip stitch pattern; a drop lace, normal lace or fine lace pattern. You may knit weave on the machine. Using an optional ribber attachment, you can do jacquard knitting, which is fairisle knitting with no floats. Using your personal computer and knitting machine software, you may scan in patterns to a program, manipulate the pattern in any way you choose, download the pattern and/or the shape, and knit it. Using drawing tablets, you may draw your own pattern into the computer or even have a child draw his/her own original creation which you can then knit. Additional optional accessories are available, such as a four-color changer, a garter bar, a linker, a transfer carriage. Each has its own function to either assist in the initial knitting or in the finishing process.