Breathing new life into old knitting machines | Electronic Textile Camp 2024

This is a talk I gave at the Electronic Textile Camp in September of 2024. I go deep into how AYAB works and algorithms for double bed jacquard including Heart of Pluto.
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[@paultannenberg4432]

Love this nerdy , not just the skills and nerdy interests but also the human aspect of reviving a community.

[@teresawalton1507]

Brother 940 owner - Back in the day, I used the BitKnitter (now called DAK) with the Commodore Amiga then upgraded to Win95. It was so fun to design my own patterns but I let it die on that floppy. I am so excited to learn this. Thank you for the work you are doing ❤

[@24carrotgold8]

I am a compulsive machine knitter. I have made over 100 sweaters for the "Knit for Kids" charity project. I was using my Singer 155, 12 punch card machine to add hearts, bunnies, snowflakes, and more. I do own a Brother with mylar sheets, but was still working full time and didn't get to practice or convert to computer based patterning. The Etsy conversion item is reasonable and I will reawaken my curiosity to knit a wider range of patterning. Mahalo 🏝🌊🌋

[@24carrotgold8]

Mahalo for the Etsy link. I just ordered for my KH910. 🏝🌋🌊

[@pauladavitt7554]

I didn’t understand a word of what you said, but it was fascinating to watch you explain it all.

[@ClaudiaArnold]

Thank you very much for your videos. It helps to see that no project goes without it's own struggles, but that things can be worked out. Without all the KZbin creators us civilians with our knitting machines would be truly lost, like I was in 2002 with my half broken and undocumented Passap and almost no information on troubleshooting available.

[@jessicaneal8553]

As someone who didn't understand how her machine works so is nervous to try new stuff, this was very informative and helpful. I like to get to know how things work before trying things. Thank you for sharing.

[@robertharker]

Wow, way to go! It is great to see a woman picking up a dead open source project and makeing it work. You are an insperation for young women everywhere. Thank you. Did I see you at the Vintage Computing festival last August?

[@GymGirl88]

Great presentation. I had no idea you'd restarted the AYAB community. Huge congrats!

[@bobbiedwards4441]

Love the tech aspect of your videos. I am activity looking for a knitting machine!

[@suzannehaney966]

Great to know this work has continued! I set up a 910 ages ago with a shield kit, worked great. Thank you for your efforts and interest.

[@philipps3819]

When watching this i thought: maybe i should implement an esp32 based board, would be cool. And then you said youre already working on it, nice work!

[@jr24jr24]

Thank you so much for making all this information accessible :) also didn’t know your name before, it suits you ❤❤

[@ritamcelroy1174]

What an interesting talk. I am an experienced machine knitter of over 30 years, both punchcard and electronic. I mostly use brother machines. It is great that you will also be looking into the Passap, as I use my e6000 also. Thank you.

[@ianhasnochannel]

I appreciate the explanation of the different DBJ methods. Really helped me understand what each one is doing.

[@dexaria]

Super interesting! I’ve only received acquired a knitting machine and I’m trying to learn as much as I can

[@joeowen7676]

Fantastic presentation. Thank you for sharing!

[@antonemberbroque4452]

Allergic to windows, I feel that XD.

[@Batang_72]

Hello ! Im watch and subscribe your channel! Im very interested to your tutorial about knitting because i have a lot of experience of that knitting machine like intarcia or cables design!

[@dalbecboy]

Hi I have done some work on brother machines 900 930 950i etc. Made a solenoid driver, and decoded V1 V2 Phase etc. using various stm32 micros, M0+ M3 M4 nucleo based. And have got it selecting needles, correctly. This was sometime ago , ayab was just starting I think, they used a due. Have experience with embedded systems, for many years, now retired. Would happily fwd any bits of info to yourself. Wife is a knitter, and has a large collection of brother machines, ribbers carriages, tools etc. howto contact you ? Am in the UK.

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

All of the information is in the description.

[@Thomas_Harkins123]

I don’t even knit and find her fascinating

[@equitime77]

Is there any way of turning a manual machine into a computerised one?

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

Not that I know of.

[@vladimirminkov517]

Вообще поняла что ты разказала??? С 2014 гг. сделал упровление е6000 с ростаяние! Хочеш дать свои знания..... ДАВАЙ ......не вешай лапшу.... нет у тебя ВИЗИЯ.... одно МЕНЕДЖЕРИ И ТОРГОВЦЫ ! ОТ КУДА ДЕНГИ???

[@lgriffin8056]

Sorry but I don't understand what you are saying. E6000 with growth? And managers, traders and money?

[@equitime77]

What are you talking about? This isn't a company! This is volunteers and programmers, engineers and knitters solving a problem of keeping knitting machines going.

[@kywire._]

Great presentation! Thanks for sharing!