Category: Knitting Machine
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Studio mod. 700 knitting machine
Studio mod. 700 knitting machine is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It features a built-in knit leader, built-in intarsia functionality (special latch guides, included with a standard setup are needed), and a punch-card reading mechanism for automatic needle selection. This machine is virtually identical to the Singer MemoMatic 700 model,…
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KnitKing AUTO KK91 knitting machine
The KnitKing KK91 knitting machine is a knitting machine manufactured by Brother but distributed under the KnitKing name. Thus, read a full article on the sister Brother KH891 machine.
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Brother KH400 knitting machine
Brother KH400 is a plast flat-bed knitting machine capable of accommodating panels with needles 9 and 4.5 mm apart. It is very similar to its counterparts, KH360, KH390, KH395, and KX395: not only are these machines also convertible but they have the same set of tools, including cast-on combs, and tension mast. The carriage design…
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Brother KH511 knitting machine
Brother KH511 is very likely the first pushbutton knitting machine to appear on the market. Its only 4-pushbuttons allow for a more automatic needle selection, activated by the pressing the buttons and rotating the ratchet tool. Its vintage look is similar to the earlier manual-only models: with metal unfolding flaps like KH311. The carriage also…
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Brother KM-100 knitting machine
Brother KM100 knitting machine is a plastic flatbed knitting machine with 90 needles in the needle bed. It is very hard to find any information on this machine. From the pictures, it looks like a mid-gauge knitting machine similar to Brother KX350. It is also very likely that it was made for Japanese markets only…
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Brother KH864 knitting machine
Brother KH864 knitting machine is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It has an interesting color combination – not like any earlier or later punchcard Brother knitting machines. Other features of Brother KH864 are very similar to Brother KH860, which also has built-in garter carriage rails. Read a detailed post on…
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KnitKing KH881 knitting machine
KnitKing KH881 knitting machine is a standard gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It was manufactured by the Brother company for the North American market. I owned one and I can assure you that it is identical to the Brother KH881 knitting machine (which I also owned). Thus, read a detailed article on…
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Brother KH881 knitting machine
Brother KH881 knitting machine is a standard gauge machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. It appeared on both Western and Japanese markets in the late 1970s. The model for the Japanese markings (with the writing in Japanese) is often accompanied by the Palie 8 nickname. In North American markets, it was also released under…
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Brother KH811 knitting machine
Brother KH811 is a very unique knitting machine as it (to the best of my knowledge) is the only machine made by Brother (and maybe even the only one in the whole knitting-machine world) that combines punchcard and pushbutton needle selection and pattering mechanisms. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles. It was…
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Brother KH850 knitting machine
Brother KH850 knitting machine was manufactured for the Japanese market judging by Japanese writing on the carriage and the case. It is a standard-gauge knitting machine with 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart, with punchcard reading capabilities for patterning and needle selection. It is very similar, even in a color scheme, to Brother KH850. However, I…
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Brother KH920 electronic knitting machine
Brother KH920 knitting machine, as possessing a middle name “Topical”, is an electronic knitting machine that selects needles automatically by reading the pattern off the mylar sheets. Brother KH920 was probably available on the Japanese market only judging by writing on the carriage and on the case in Japanese. KH920 was one of the first…