Projects

The textiles lab is involved in a number of projects, large and small. Click on the summaries below to learn more.

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  2014 - present

  On-Demand Machine Knitting

  File formats and tools that will enable anyone to design a knitting pattern for any industrial knitting machine.
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  2016 - present

  Knit Swatches

  A measured set of machine-knit swatches for simulation benchmarking.
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  2016 - 2021

  Hobbyist Jacquard Looms

  An order-of-magnitude cheaper Jacquard loom for hobbyists.
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  June 10 - 15, 2019

  Generative Knitting Jam

  Annual (not)game jam
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  2015 - present

  Understanding and Synthesizing Quilting Patterns

  Tools that allow computers to help with quilting pattern design.
• 
  2015

  Threadsteading

  A two-player territory control game for quilting and embroidery machines.