Category: Pushbutton

  • Brother Profile/KH585

    Brother Profile/KH585

    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 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 1960-ies. I have no idea why these earlier models are called “Profile” and why later models started being called “KH”. It features metal…