Machine knitting - punchcards and Arduino hacks
Maker Faire Bay Area 2025
September 26th-28th
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.
Presented by members of the Machine Knitters Guild of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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.
