Category: 4.5 mm

  • Brother KH581 knitting machine

    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…

  • Brother (Profile) KH588

    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…

  • Brother Profile 551 knitting machine

    Brother Profile 551 knitting machine (sometimes called Brother KH551) is a standard gauge machine (with the space between needles equal to 4.5 mm). It was released to the market by Brother in the 1960s. I have no idea why these earlier models are called “Profile” and why later models started being called “KH”. It features…

  • Brother KH830 knitting machine

    Brother KH830 knitting machine was manufactured by Brother and released to the market in the late 1970-ies. Sometimes is branded as KnitKing. This is a standard knitting machine with 200 needles positioned 4.5 mm apart. Comes with a detachable row counter (available in my store), a two-thread yarn mast and a 24-hole (in one row)…