B
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AYAB hack designed by Christian Obersteiner
and Andreas Müller with coding help from
multiple people on Github.
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Alternative AYAB hardware design by Evil Mad
Scientist Labs.
•
Floppy-based hack by Steve Conklin, Limor
Fried, Becky Stern, John Hogerhuis, Brian
Redbeard, Travis Goodspeed, Fabienne Haas,
Sally Kentfield, Sarah Spencer, and more.
•
Img2Track coded by Davi Post in collaboration
with Tanya Cunningham.
YOUR FIRST KNITTING MACHINE
PROJECT
With AYAB installed, you’re ready to knit! You
can easily draw your own pixel art in a drawing
program, and I found it irresistible to experiment
with dithering photos (Figure
B
).
If you’d like a pattern that’s ready to go, here
are two great first projects for you to try:
MAKEY PUPPET
We altered Makey’s shape to give it puppet-
style arms, and knitted it in a two-color Fair Isle
pattern (Figure
C
). Instructions are included for
how to make neat edges on a single-motif pattern
like this. The project also includes videos to guide
you through both the AYAB installation and the
knitting of the Makey-patterned puppet.
• makeprojects.com/project/knit-a-puppet-
using-a-hacked-knitting-machine
KNIT SLOUCH HAT
This hat (Figure
D
) has a deep double layer hem,
no ribber required. The multiple colors are from a
random-dyed yarn; all except the black is actually
all one strand. We’ll use the same yarns for a
matching scarf in a future article. It is knitted
as a single strand on the single bed machine,
making a fairly lightweight fabric — this won’t
be the warmest hat you’ve ever owned, but you
can make it warmer by using a heavier yarn. The
top is slightly shaped by reducing the number of
stitches by half, so the gathers aren’t too bulky.
• makezine.com/go/knit-hat-hacked-machine
NEXT UP: DOUBLE BED JACQUARD
In a future article we’ll add an attachment called
a ribber and use it to do a double-layer fabric
that lies flat, a technique known as double bed
jacquard (Figure
E
). We’ll explore how 2-color
double-knit patterning is straightforward but
3 or more colors per row presents challenges,
and how one engineer has come up with a new
solution. We’ll also touch on the optional motors
that can automate the back and forth of the actual
knitting, and how yarn-changing is handled.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
•
Knitting machine designed and manufactured
by Brother Industries.
4. Plug in the USB and power into your interface (or shield).
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LEARN MORE:
Make: makezine.com/2010/11/05/
hack_your_knitting_machine
Ravelry: (free account required) ravelry.com/
groups/machine-knitting, ravelry.com/groups/
ayab, and ravelry.com/groups/img2track---for-
machine-knitters
Facebook: search groups for “Machine Knitting,”
“Img2track for Machine Knitters,” and “AYAB All
Yarns Are Beautiful”
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