Empisal KH680 knitting machine features 200 needles, 4.5 mm apart. Thus standard-gauge machine has a patterning center with eight pushbuttons to allow for semi-automatic needle selection.
The machine comes with a lace carriage.
The carriage handle is a screw on:
Comptabitle ribbers are Brother KR580 (I used KR580 on KH585 and the needlebeds and carriages of KH581 and KH680 are interchangible), Brother KR586, Brother KR587, Brother KR600, Brother KR710, and potentially Brother KR810 (with the correct table clamps and brackets).
Empisal KH680 is a clone of other Brother push-button knitting machines:
It is also similar (even in the color combo) to Brother KH710 and Brother KH705, except KH710 and KH705 have foldable carriage handles. Other similar machines with a more advanced patterned center (they have N/MC lever on the right-hand side) are Brother KH587, Brother KH588, and Brother KH601.
Simpler eight-pushbutton machines that can also provide a lot of tutorial and resources are Brother KH552, Brother KH561, Brother KH580, Brother KH571, Brother KH581, Brother Profile/KH583, and Brother Profile/ KH585.
