Singer Featherweight Model 222K

Most of the million or so Featherweights are Model 221; the 222K is the free-arm version, and only nine or ten thousand of them were built. They look identical to the 221 but have two extra features:

feed-dog lowering lever (left hand lever of the two above the gold emblem) for darning and free stitching
removable bed (removed above) which, when off, leaves a bed about the size of your wrist for hemming cuffs and mending in tight spaces.

All of the 222Ks came from the Singer Clydesbank factory in Killbowie, on the banks of the River Clyde, Scotland. Made of cast alloy and considered possibly the finest Singer ever made, it is said that it took a team of engineers six months to design her -- she epitomizes the best of British engineering.

Thanks very much to friends Andy and Laurel for parting with this beautiful machine in April 2003.

This machine's serial number, EK326499, indicates that it was built shortly after the 14th of March, 1955.

My main Featherweight page with lots more info is bonmot.ca/~daniel/singer.

Here's some Photoshop magic showing the 222K with its bed off and on.