Category: Brother

  • KnitKing PCB-R ribbing attachment

    KnitKing PCB-R ribbing attachment

    KnitKing PCB-R ribber is a bulky (9 mm gauge) attachment that converts bulky knitting machines, KnitKing KH260 and KH270, KnitKing PC bulky, as well as Brother KH260 and KH270, into a double bed. It is the same as Brother KR260 ribber. Thus, read the corresponding post.

  • KnitKing KR230 ribbing attachment

    KnitKing KR230 ribbing attachment converts KnitKing KH230 and Brother KH230 knitting machines into double bed knitters. It is bulky ribber with 108 needles, 9 mm apart. Knitking KR230 ribbing attachment is identical to the Brother KR230 ribber. Thus, read the corresponding post.

  • Empisal KH91 knitting machine

    Empisal KH91 knitting machine

    Empisal KH91, sometimes also called Empisal Computamatic KH-91, was manufactured in Japan in the very early 1970s. It is a standard-gauge (4.5 mm distance between the needles) machine with 200 needles. It can perform automatic needle selection with its patterning center, that contains eight pushbuttons, reverse knob It features eight push buttons and a patterning…

  • Brother KR-600 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR-600 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR600 ribber is an attachment for standard-gauge Brother knitting machines. It is identical to Brother KR810; thus, read the corresponding post.

  • Brother Knit Customline model 43 knitting machine

    Brother Knit Customline model 43 knitting machine

    At the moment, I do not have a lot on information on this machine. The predecessor for Brother Knit model 43, Brother KH35, was manufactured and first sold in 1955. Thus, Brother Knit 43 was very likely released to the market in the late 1950s. It looks like a standard-gauge knitting machine with 184 needles…

  • Brother KH835 knitting machine

    Brother KH835 knitting machine

    Brother KH835 knitting machine was made in Japan in the late 1970s. It has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, which makes it a standard-gauge machine. It has punchcard reading capabilities to automatically select needles. It is almost a copy of its older sister, Brother KH830, which already has its own dedicated blog post. In fact,…

  • Brother KH580 knitting machine

    Brother KH580 is standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm part, and an eight-pushbutton patterning center for a semi-automatic needle selection to create various textiles. It is somewhat a mystery machine: I see a manual online for it but I cannot find any other info on it. However, based on the manual, its functionality…

  • Brother KR230 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR230 ribbing attachment

    Brother KR230 ribbing attachment has 108 needles, 9 mm apart. KR230 ribber is compatible with only one machine – Brother KH230. Bulky KH230 machine and its matching ribber appeared on the market in early 1980s. In fact, KR230 is the first bulky ribber manufactured by Brother, and it kinda shows: there are design flaws and…

  • Genie KR-710 ribbing attachment.

    Genie KR-710 ribber is identical to the Brother KR710 ribber. Thus, read the corresponding post while enjoying the pictures below.

  • Brother Knit Eldorado Model 35 knitting machine

    Brother Knit Eldorado 35 precedes the Brother KH35 model. Thus, it can be assumed that it first appeared on the market in the early 1950s. There are a lot of similarities between Brother Eldorado 35 and Brother KH35 (like, clip-on round row counter, detachable carriage grip hand, folding metal extension leaves, split sinker plate, etc.).…

  • Brother KH321 knitting machine

    Brother KH321 knitting machine

    Brother KH321 is a vintage knitting machine with a clip-on round-row counter. It has 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. This standard-gauge knitting machine is capable of only manual stitch/needle manipulation. A similar vintage Brother knitting machine is Brother KH311. The tension mast seems to screw into the machine. Overall, the tension mast shape and design…

  • Empisal Vistamatic KH531

    Empisal Vistamatic KH531

    The full name according to this machine is ‘Empisal Vistamatic Push BUtton Automatic Knitter KH531″. It is identical to the vintage 4-pushbutton knitting machine Brother KH531. Thus, read the corresponding post.