Knitbot: Budweiser’s Tweet-Powered Knitting Machine is Knitting Christmas Sweaters
For reasons that are still a bit unclear to me, Budweiser UK is supporting designated drivers with a tweet-powered knitting machine that knits Christmas sweaters.
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Machine Knit TARDIS Sweater
Machine knitting Tumblr user rivellikes shared this incredible TARDIS sweater along with images of how she latched up the floats on the inside.
Neuro Knitting
Artist duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet collaborated with MTG researcher Sebastian Mealla to produce custom scarves featuring brainwave activity recorded with a non-invasive EEG headset. Brain activity such as relaxation, excitement, and cognitive load were measured while listening to Bachโs โGoldberg Variationsโ and the data was converted into knitting patterns with Knitic, their open-source knitting machine.
Knitic, an Open Hardware Knitting Machine
Knitic is a project involving a custom shield for an Arduino Due; these plug into a knitting machine’s solenoids and sensors, allowing Arduino control of your machine.
Glitch Knit Project
Fashion designer Nukeme has teamed up with some other artists and hackers to make a project called “Hacked Knitting Machine and Glitch Knit,” in which they’ve made another knitting machine hack and are using it to knit glitch patterns!
Knitted He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Tracy Widdess of Brutal Knitting recently posted these images of He-Man and The Masters of the Universe, which she knitted with her electronic Brother knitting machine.
Knitted Volkswagen Van
During their residency in Brazil, artist duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet built this knitted model of a Volkswagen van with the help of an open-source knitting machine that they are developing, called Knitic.
