It does sound about as bad as I thought. This "death of domestic knitting machines" as you put it has turned it all into some weird steampunk, because these old models are being sold (I can walk into a store and buy a new Silver Reed where I live), so probably someone still makes them, but the technology has been locked in to these models from 80's. Unlike with the sewing machines, where they are still trying to come up with new models, by adding every sort of useless gimmick.
Wouldn't touch Kniterate with a long pole, because of the long term repair and maintenance outlook. They are basically single product startup, and no idea who their OEM is.
It does sound about as bad as I thought. This "death of domestic knitting machines" as you put it has turned it all into some weird steampunk, because these old models are being sold (I can walk into a store and buy a new Silver Reed where I live), so probably someone still makes them, but the technology has been locked in to these models from 80's. Unlike with the sewing machines, where they are still trying to come up with new models, by adding every sort of useless gimmick.
Wouldn't touch Kniterate with a long pole, because of the long term repair and maintenance outlook. They are basically single product startup, and no idea who their OEM is.