Maker Faire Bay Area 2024
Machine knitting - punchcards and Arduino hacks
Learn how knitting machines work, and how they can be programmed - either electronically, or mechanically using punchcards - to make colorful patterns and elaborate lace and other textures. See an open source hack for vintage 1980's knitting machines, giving them new Arduino-powered electronic patterning.
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Machine Knitters Guild of the San Francisco Bay Area
The Machine Knitters Guild of the San Francisco Bay Area supports the art and craft of machine knitting with monthly meetings and other activities. Guest speakers help us learn about the many things that these remarkable machines can do. Member Adrienne Hunter wrote articles about machine knitting hacks for Make magazine issues 77 and 80.
http://www.mkgsfba.orgWhat Inspired You to Make This?
We love to share this niche hobby with the maker community. Both the Arduino hack and the use of punchcards are popular with the tech-inclined. Children can learn about how their clothes are made, and that we can make them ourselves.
