FOUND!

Kentoys

Magic Knitting Machine

The searching has paid off, I now have a

complete set of 8 of the Kentoys

Magic Knitting Machines!!

For more information, see Kentoys - Labels

right hand column.

Below are the final four that

I needed.

Chicken, Bird/Seagull, Girl and Boy.

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Magic Knitting Machines

KENTOYS

This is an update of a post I did about

3 years ago on Kentoys

These wonderfully cute knitting machines
 are still hard to find, however, I have had

a little luck in increasing my collection from 4 to 6. 

(Two Grandmas, two Ladies, one Owl and one Duck)

I have still to find the boy, girl, bird and chicken.

I have discovered that they are also known

as Kiddie Dora in Europe and that these

Kiddie Dora came with a 

draw string pouch.
Added - May: I have decided that the bird is
a seagull, I have now seen a larger picture
and see that this bird has goggles as in a diving
seagull and is holding a fish.
So therefore we have an owl, chicken,
duck, and seagull, of the feathered
variety and four humans - girl, boy,
Lady, and Grandma in the set.

Above - this is the label found with the Owl 

knitting machine.

The directions in German - found with the

Owl knitting machine.

The packaging can also vary between those labeled

Magic Knitting Doll or Magic Knitting

Machine.

Some carry their brand under the left foot -

KENTOYS 1998 and MADE IN CHINA in a circle

under the right foot.  Some carry their brand on their 

inside rim - PATENT PENDING KENTOYS c1998,

and some have PATENT NO. :6276986B1.

My Nitta Crittas collection (by Moose) has also increased

from one to three - 1 cow, 1 frog and 1 duck.

As you can tell, I hate removing any of these from

their original packaging (when they are found in

their packaging) so I try keeping them this way.

The last one I have to find is the pink pig in this set.

The search continues!! .......

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Kentoys Product

Magic Knitting Machine

Made by Kentoys Ltd, Hong Kong


It is such a shame that these knitting
machine toys are no longer being made.
I was fortunate recently to find these
two old stock toys - so there could be more
still around hiding in some dark box in the
back of an old toy shop.
There is no date at all to be found on
the toy, the package, or with the
directions.

However, there was a patent applied for and this
can be found on the internet.
The inventor of this particular knitting machine is
a Mr. Wai Kwok Wu of Hong Kong.
The date of the patent is Aug. 21, 2001.
Below are just two of the pages in the application -



There are eight characters in the series - Grandmother, Lady,
Little Girl, Little Boy, Duck, Chicken, Bird, and (I think it is.....a)
Squirrel? (click to enlarge photo)
Added March 15th - I have now found out that the "Squirrel"
is an Owl.


The above Little Girl is the model in the
Patent's illustrations.

Early in 2008 I did a post on plastic knitters.
I introduced these Nitta Crittas by Moose Enterprises
Pty Ltd, a Melbourne company but
the toy is Made in China and they are
Carly Cow, Doris Duck, Penny Pig
and Fran Frog.
No date again so I cannot say if these were
earlier or later than the Kentoys' model.





These appear to be as rare as hen's teeth
much like the Magic Knitting Machine.
If, by chance, anyone reading this has any or
knows where I might find any of these little
machines, both the Kentoys Magic Knitting
Machines and the Nitta Crittas,
I would dearly love to hear
from you. I am very keen to find more
of these!

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