Japan · industrial & domestic
Juki
A name you will see across UK production floors, best known for industrial lockstitch and overlock machines.
- Best for
- Workrooms, heavy use
- Parts support
- Widely stocked
Sewing machines, wool and workshop supplies for the UK
UK SEW is a free, independent guide to the British sewing and knitting world, for readers right across the UK. Whether you are buying your first machine after watching The Great British Sewing Bee, sourcing a bobbin case for a 40-year-old Singer, or keeping a row of industrial lockstitch machines running, we bring the options together in one place.
- Sewing machines: mechanical, computerised and heavy-duty machines for home use.
- Industrial sewing machines: lockstitch, overlock, coverstitch and specialist machines for trade.
- Parts and needles: needle systems, bobbins, feet, belts and motors.
- Wool and yarn: UK yarn weights, fibres and how to choose.
- Repairs and servicing and machine hire.
Workshop expertise
Good advice comes from people who mend machines for a living. Alongside our own research, our guides lean on experienced UK workshops, including our recommended supplier PK Sewing Machines, a family business since 1982 that sells, services and repairs domestic and industrial machines and keeps a large parts department.
Britain’s textile heritage
Britain built much of the modern textile world. Framework knitting began in Nottinghamshire, and Leicester and Nottingham became the centres of the hosiery trade, home to firms such as Corah and Wolsey. Scotland, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Wales all have their own proud traditions in wool, weaving and knitwear. Explore the story of British hosiery and our UK sector reading list.
Hosiery, knitwear and the machines behind them
Hosiery means knitted legwear and underwear: socks, tights and stockings. Today’s socks are knitted on circular machines and finished on linking and toe-closing machines, while garments are sewn on overlockers and coverstitch machines, the same types that keep Leicester’s workrooms busy. Read our hosiery and knitwear guide, what denier means and how socks are made.
Last updated: 14 October 2026
