Showing posts with label knitting machines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting machines. Show all posts

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Toying with Knitting Machine Construction



My father has always lamented the demise of Meccano construction sets, saying they were a better toy than the Lego sets that have nearly supplanted them because they actually took some effort and a kid could really learn something about construction from them. Here, perhaps proving him right, is a video showing a Meccano knitting machine in action. You can compare it to the Lego knitting machine I posted about in May 2013.

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Go Agnes Go



Agnes Roboknit is a humanoid robot, created by Andy Noyes, that can operate a circular knitting loom. In this timelapse video, Agnes is shown making a scarf and coming across as a creepy mix of knitting machine and loving hands at home.