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Hi
I haven’t used my Toyota KS901 in about 10 years and am looking for other owners of the Toyota KS901 for a support group.
I used my machine constantly for about five years and then, due to job change and 10-hour work days, put it a way for ten years. All of my support sources have closed up or moved away. I’m looking for users of Toyota machines and good sources of coned yarn. I’m also interested in buying a ribber for the KS901. Any help anyone can give will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Dianne
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Hi Dianne,
I have a Toyota 901 and am on the list of Knitting Buddies in MKM. I am happy to offer help and advice about this machine and machine knitting in general.
This machine will take the 501 or 506 ribbers. They sometimes are advertised on Ebay.
There are several good suppliers of yarn that advertise in MKM; Yeoman, Metropolitan, Undy, Uppingham - they all have websites where you can purchase yarns. BSK have all their yarns for sale on Ebay. There are also other advertisers on Ebay that sell yarns, some single cones and some bulk buys.
Hope this helps with your query.
Kind regards,
Sue.
Posted by Sue P on 01/12 at 10:51 AM
Hi Dianne
I've just acquired a Toyota KS901. I've not yet used it as I decided to give it a good clean first and my Bellador oil has only just arrived. I can't wait though. I don't have much experience with machine knitting, I just have a Bond and a KM302, so both quite basic machines.
Maybe we could set up a KS901 on-line group? I don't suppose many machine knitters would use Facebook, so may be we could have a yahoo group?
Amy
Posted by AmyA on 02/11 at 05:52 PM
There is a group of Toyota knitters at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toyotaknitters/
Posted by AmyA on 02/11 at 06:14 PM
Hi Dianne, I acquired a couple of Toyota 901 machines in January. I am still learning, but having a great time at it. The yahoo group mentioned above is a great group. They helped me get one of my machines cleaned and up and running through posts as i had never met a knitting machine before. Helpful and great people. I also purchased one of my machines from Newton's. They sell new and used ribbers. They were also great to deal with. Here is the link:
http://www.newtons.com/
Happy knitting.......Linda in VT
Posted by Linda888 on 03/16 at 10:07 AM