Category: 4.5 mm
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KnitKing KH830 knitting machine
KnitKing KH830 knitting machine is another brand name for the Japanese knitting machine manufactured and released to the market by Brother Co. It is also known as Brother KH830 and, with the exception of the branding, is identical to it. Thus, read all the details of Brother KH830 in a separate blog entry.
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KnitKing IV electronic knitting machine
KnitKing Compuknit IV is the brand name of the Japanese knitting machine made by Brother. It is also known as Brother KH940 (Thus, read the corresponding article on the details, including pros, cons, and differences from other electronic machines). The other brand name of the same machine is Topical -3 (yes, the same as an…
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Genie, the Magic Knitter, knitting machine KH710
Genie KH710 is manufactured by Brother and branded as Genie. It is identical to the Brother KH710 model of standard-gauge knitting machine. Read about all pros and cons and details about Brother KH710 in a separate article. In the meantime, enjoy pictures of Genie, the Magic Knitter, KH710 below.
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KnitKing III electronic knitting machine
KnitKing III is the brand name of the Japanese Knitting machine Brother KH930. Read all the details of this machine in the article dedicated to Brother KH930, including capabilities and pros and cons. Other known names are ElectroKnit 930(e), CompuKnit III and/or Topical-3.
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Brother KR850 ribbing attachment
Ribbing attachment was developed to convert single-bed flat-bed knitting machines into double-bed knitting setups. Thus, Brother KR850 ribber works on most standard-gauge Brother knitting machines released in the early 1970s and later. I have yet to find specific information (on the Internet and in old magazines) about when this ribber was first introduced to the…
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Brother KH890 knitting machine
Brother KH890 knitting machine was manufactured and released to the market in 1979. It is a metal flatbed knitting machine with 200 needles, positioned 4.5 mm apart. This is a standard gauge machine. It has the ability to accept patterns in the form of punch cards. The punch-card reader (which accepts 24-hole (in one row)…
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Brother KH930 electronic knitting machine
Brother KH930 knitting machine was released to the market in 1986. It comes with at least two color variations: standard yellow/brown and white/bluish color combinations (the anniversary edition). Sometimes KH930 is branded as ElectroKnit and/or CompuKnit III and/or KnitKing III or even Topical-3. The typical variety has a coffee-burgundy color combination and is very likely…
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Brother KR551 ribbing attachment
Ribbing attachment Brother KR551 was released to the market in the mid-1960s. It has 200 needles positioned 4.5 mm apart. This ribber fits Brother KH500, KH550, and KH551 knitting machines. Since other 4-pushbutton machines are identical to KH551, it is very likely Brother KR551 ribber would fit other 4-pushbutton knitting machines: Brother KH511, KH521, and…
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Studio SRN321 ribbing attachment
Ribbing attachments, or ribbers, add-ons to main knitting machines to convert 200 needle knitting machine into a 400 needle unit. Additionally, the ribbers can knit purl stitches without hand manipulations. They offer also other patterning possibilities depending on the ribber itself as well as machine/ribber combination. SRN-321 ribbers were introduced to the market in 1972…
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Singer MemoMatic 328 knitting machine
The Singer MemoMatic 328 knitting machine was released to the market in 1978. It is a standard-gauge (4.5 mm) knitting machine with 200 needles. I have not had a chance to work with this machine yet so the pictures below were provided by someone else and published here with permission. The machine is almost identical…