This is the machine I'm currently infatuated with. The Toyota KS901 is one of the last knitting machines Toyota made and reputedly one of the best. She's a 24 stitch punchcard machine which means you can insert a special punchcard with a pattern up to 24 stitches wide and she'll do all the patterning for you. She can also do knit Fair Isle designs (2 colour patterns per line of knitting), Motifs, Lace with an attachment, Slip Stitch patterns and Tuck Stitch patterns and create a fabric with stockinette stitch on both sides! - she's very clever like that. The only downside I've found to the Toyota KS901 is that it's not as easy to find parts and resources for her as the other Japanese Knitting machines. The easiet and cheapest option is usually to buy a second machine to use for spares. They're still relatively cheap to pick up on various second hand sites and come up for sale on a regular basis. Watch the video below to see the Toyota KS901 in action...
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