*** Quoting Theresa Turnbull to Julia Sidebottom dated 08-19-97 ***
> Yep...the prices for knitting machines here are ridiculous.You are 
> looking at 800 or better.The only cheap one around here to buy is the 
> knitting pal at 380...I have heard that a lot of the owners paid 1000s 
> or so for theirs.
Keep in mind that many of these machines are the exact same machines used as 
industrial machines for fashion designers. This accounts for some of the 
priceyness of the machines.  I know that my machine does not have any of the 
many newer bells and whistles but it does all that I want from a knitting 
machine at this time... It was something that I had wanted from the time I 
was a child and it was now just 10 years ago that I finally got it... believe 
me it has definitly had a work out in those ten years and I am looking to it 
providing many many more years of useage... I suppose that it has long ago 
paid for itself..  
  I don't use it everyday that is a given but it is used frequently... more 
frequently than many people use their sewing machines.
  You are right though I have seen some priced well over $5000.00!!!
Julia
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