Category: four buttons

  • Brother KH551 knitting machine

    Brother KH551 knitting machine is the same machine as Brother Profile 551. Thus, refer to the corresponding post. The reason I am creating a separate page for it because I am asked a lot whether it is the same model.

  • 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.

  • Brother KH511 knitting machine

    Brother KH511 knitting machine

    Brother KH511 is very likely the first push-button knitting machine to appear on the market. Its only 4-pushbuttons allow for a more automatic needle selection, activated by pressing the buttons and rotating the ratchet tool. The machine has 200 needles and is of standard gauge (which means needles are 4.5 mm apart). Its vintage look…

  • Jones KH551 knitting machine

    Jones KH551 is a replica of Brother KH551 knitting machines. Read about it in its own dedicated blog post.

  • Brother KH521 knitting machine

    Brother KH521 knitting machine

    Brother KH521 knitting machine is a 4-push button machine with 200 needles, spaced 4.5 apart. It was manufactured in the early 1960s (the year on my machine says 1961). It is possible that it was released for the Japanese market only, judging by the number of writings on the packaging, on the machine, and on…

  • Brother KH531 knitting machine

    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. 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 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…