Hobby Girl Knitting Machine

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Young V&A
Design Gallery, The Factory, Case 1

This object consists of 7 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Artist/Maker	Tomy Company Inc. (manufacturers)
Place of origin	Japan (manufactured)

Child's knitting machine, pink and white plastic. Instructions for use are printed on the machine. The machine has all its parts, three balls of yarn and set of comprehensive printed paper instructions, and has its original printed card box. The machine parts consist of an automatic tension device, carriage, two needle pushers, two spools, tension rod, latch needle, two claw weights, tapestry needle.

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Categories	Knitting Children & Childhood Textiles
Object type	Child's knitting machine
Parts	This object consists of 7 parts. Machine Yarn Yarn Yarn Yarn Instructions Packaging
Title	Hobby Girl Knitting Machine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Plastic, wool, printed card and paper Plastic Wool Paper Card Printing Injection Moulding
Brief description	Knitting machine, Plastic and wool, Tomy, Japan, ca.1984
Physical description	Child's knitting machine, pink and white plastic. Instructions for use are printed on the machine. The machine has all its parts, three balls of yarn and set of comprehensive printed paper instructions, and has its original printed card box. The machine parts consist of an automatic tension device, carriage, two needle pushers, two spools, tension rod, latch needle, two claw weights, tapestry needle.
Production type	Mass produced
Credit line	Given by Tomy UK Ltd.
Object history	Given by Tomy UK Ltd. [87/317]
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	MISC.361-1987

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Record created	July 1, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1120882/hobby-girl-knitting-machine-childs-knitting-machine-tomy-company-inc/

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