Category: 4.5 mm

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. The machine has a very interesting tension mast: I have not seen such design in any other machines. It is a 4-push button…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…