Category: Bed Type
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Brother KH893 knitting machine
Brother KH893 is one of the knitting machines containing a built-in knit leader. It also has punch card reading capabilities for automatic needle selection and patterning. It is standard-gauge knitting machine. I have only seen this machine in Japanese used markets. Other knitting machines with punchcard readers and built-in knit leaders are Brother KH871, KH881,…
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Brother KH821 knitting machine
Brother KH821 knitting machine appeared on the market in 1974. It is a standard-gauge (4.5 mm) knitting machine with 200 needles. It is identical to the Brother KH820 knitting machine (thus, refer to that blog post) but probably was available in the Japanese markets (judging by all Japanese writing on the carriage and the panel).
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Brother KH810 knitting machine
Brother KH810 is a knitting machine with punchcard-reading capabilities to create patterns and automatically select needles. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine. It is probably the first machine sold under the brand name Brother with 24-stitch patterning capabilities using punchcards. It was probably released just to the Japanese markets: so far I was only able…
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Empisal HK100 (Hobby 100) knitting machine
Empisal HK100 knitting machine is a 8 mm gauge knitter with a plastic bed. It is considered a mid- to bulky-gauge. This is the same machine as the Singer HK100 knitting machine. Thus, read my blog posting dedicated to that machine and see it in action in my video.
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Passap 12
Passap 12 is a budget but still a double-bed knitting machine with the famous quality of Swiss manufacturing. It has no pushers but otherwise is very similar to Duomatic (also known as Pinky). More info is coming soon.
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KnitKing KH230 knitting machine
KnitKing KH230 knitting machine is a clone of Brother KH230 knitting machine but with just a different color combination. Refer to the original post on Brother KH230 and in the meantime enjoy the picture of KnitKing KH230 below. Needles for KH230 are identical to those used on its matching ribber, Brother KR230 but they are…
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Brother KH230 knitting machine
Brother KH230 was manufactured and released to the market in 1981. This is the second bulky-gauge machine released to the market by Brother (the first one was the KH210 model). I suspect the reason the bulky machines got introduced to the market relatively late as a demand from home knitters to accommodate more readily available…
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Brother KH311 knitting machine
According to some of the sources, Brother KH311 appeared on the market in 1959. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles and its design is very similar to all following (later models) knitting machines. Thus, it is very likely the first prototype of all modern knitting machines made by Brother. It features a…
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Brother KH218 knitting machine
Brother KH218 knitting machine was released to the market in the late 1950s. It has only manual capabilities. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first machine with long wires on the yarn guide unit to control yarn tension automatically. The sinker plate carriage, similar to the Brother KH212 knitting machine, is permanently…
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Brother KH851 knitting machine
Brother KH851 knitting machine was manufactured by Brother and was available for purchase on Japanese markets only. It has a green color scheme, which makes this machine stand out. Besides the color, Brother KH851 resembles the Brother knitting machines with model numbers KH830 and KH831.
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Brother KH831 knitting machine
Brother KH831 knitting machine was manufactured by Brother and was available for purchase on Japanese markets only. It is identical to the Brother KH830 model.