Category: 4.5 mm
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Brother KR830 ribbing attachment
Brother KR830 ribbing attachment was developed to convert a single-bed standard-gauge flat-bed knitting machine into a double-bed knitting setup. There is not specific information on when exactly these appeared on the market but very likely around the same time as the main bed. Brother KR830 ribber features 200 needles, spaced 4.5 mm apart. It fits…
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Brother KH710 knitting machine
Brother KH710 machine is the first 8-push button machine with all plastic case including the front panels, end-caps, carriage cover and handle. Brother/Genie KH710 knitting machine is a 4.5 mm (standard) gauge machine with 200 needles. It features a metal flat bed and plastic case with plastic end-caps (unlike all previous 8-push button knitting machine…
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Brother KH587 knitting machine
Brother KH587 knitting machine is an 8-push button knitting machine with a pattern control center. It is a metal flat-bed knitting machine with 200 needles positioned 4.5 mm apart, which makes this knitting machine standard. I did not have a chance yet to see this machine in real life and/or work on it. Below are…
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Brother KH561 knitting machine
Brother KH561 knitting machine was manufactured and released to the market in the mid-1960s. It is a metal flat-bed knitting machine with patterning capabilities: the needles can be selected automatically by an 8-push button mechanism. I have not had a chance yet to work with this machine or to even own one or see one…
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Brother KH840 knitting machine
Brother KH840 knitting machine was manufactured and released to the market in 1978. 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 KH531 knitting machine
I am actually very bummed that I have not gotten a chance to work on this machine and/or see it in person. However, here are the pictures posted with the author’s persmission. It is a 4-push button knitting machine with a screw-on handle and a clip-on vintage row counter. The buttons are activated using the…
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Brother Profile 552
Brother Profile 552 knitting machine is a rare find and I was lucky to work on one and even knit on it. Brother Profile 552 (or sometimes names as Brother KH552), has a very distinct emerald green color. It is a standard-gauge machine (which means the needles are 4.5 mm apart) with 200 needles. It…
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Brother KH500
Brother Profile 500 is a metal flatbed knitting machine with 200 needles 4.5 mm apart. It is a standard gauge machine with only basic patterning capabilities. Additionally, the end-caps are not plastic (like later Brother knitting machines) but metal, which makes them more robust and less prone to breaking (especially during shipment and transport) and…
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Brother Profile 583
I personally did not have a chance yet to work on this machine. It, however, is very similar to another 8-pushbutton knitting machine: Brother Profile 585. These are the pictures posted from the web with the permission of the original photographer. Other Brother standard-gauge 8-push button knitting machines are KH552, KH560, KH561, KH581, Profile 583,…
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Brother Profile/KH585
Brother Profile 585 knitting machine very likely appeared on the market at the very end of 1960-ies or at the very early 1970-ies. I had the pleasure of working on two Brother Profile 585 knitting machines and can attest to their wonderful work firsthand. Here are the links to two videos of me knitting using…
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Brother KH581 knitting machine
Brother KH581 was released to the market by Brother in 1969. It was released on both Western and Japanese markets: I saw carriages with both English-only (thanks for Cheylea H. for providing pictures) and Japanese-only writing. If you cannot find the manual, use the one from similar machines, like KH585 and KH588. Just search it…
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Brother (Profile) KH588
Brother KH588 knitting machine (also often called Brother Profile 588) is a gauge (4.5 mm) knitting machine manufactured in Japan. Brother KH588 is a metal flatbed knitting machine. It features 200 needles (positioned 4.5 mm apart, which makes this machine a standard-gauge one). Additionally, the end-caps are not plastic (like later Brother knitting machines) but…