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SkyKnit

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on November 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

As a sometime knitter and pattern designer, I thought this story about a neural network learning to knit (or not!) both funny and telling.

SkyKnit: How an AI Took Over an Adult Knitting Community

Prodded by a knitter on the knitting forum Ravelry, Shane trained a type of neural network on a series of over 500 sets of knitting instructions. Then, she generated new instructions, which members of the Ravelry community have actually attempted to knit.

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Shane nicknamed the whole effort “Project Hilarious Disaster.” The community called it SkyKnit.

It’s been a few years since this project started (the article is from 2018) and I’m sure AI has progressed since then. Still funny!

Full disclosure: I have been known to visit Ravelry. It’s an excellent resource, most of the time!

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Photo by Logan Voss on Unsplash

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Time Flies…

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

…but it doesn’t have to be boring. 

(This also reminds me of a clock I would love to make: 365 Knitting Clock by Siren Elise Wihelmsen)

Slow, but so cool!

Here’s to bringing inventive creativity to even the most ordinary of tasks!

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Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash

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Sweaters for Penguins

Posted in Likes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Another one for the “make change” column, this time for the knitters among us…

From a news piece in Australia today:

Knitters Wanted for Penguin Pullovers

The Penguin Foundation has a global callout for knitters to make pullovers for penguins in rehab. Penguins caught in oil spills need the little jumpers to keep warm and to stop them from trying to clean the toxic oil off with their beaks.

If you happen to be a Ravelry member there is a free pattern all ready to go. Extra sweaters are used for fundraising and educational purposes.

/because you can’t write all the time

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Trigger Points, for Writers and Knitters

Posted in Likes, Other, Writing, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I got into knitting a while ago and loved it (making things, yay:), so much that I would keep working even when my hands, wrists, and shoulders asked to stop. Then they forced me to stop, and decided they would make typing a challenge too. Obviously, Something Had to be Done.

My issues are well controlled now that I’ve cut back on knitting, but I do sometimes need to massage a muscle knot. I use a tennis ball or a frozen lime against a wall to target trigger points in my back, but because pain can be referred from the real problem area, getting just the right spot can be a bit of a challenge.

Enter this handy interactive trigger point map, which I found quite useful for my shoulder issues. Once I figured out that the pain actually originated from a point two inches to the right, the situation improved dramatically. If you have similar problems, I hope you find this tool helpful. Because writing, to paraphrase my grandmother’s comments on old age, is not for sissies.

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