Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@kashhill You can't spell "disturbing" without "Bing"

@leimon Thank you!

You hit the nail on the head. The tangible nature of this hobby is one of the big things that appeals to me after spending so much of my career building either abstract things, ephemeral things, or even tangible things like tech books that fade after a few years. With this hobby I'm making physical objects I and others can use, in many cases objects that will outlive me, if taken care of.

See if you can spot the treadling errors! I managed to make the same mistake three different times in pattern repeats so far. Combined with the threading mitsake from earlier, this is rapidly becoming the "warm up" towel where I hopefully get all of the mistakes out of my system before the next two.

#weaving

@apples_and_pears Thank you!

I had to cancel the print. There were a few flaws in the model that I couldn't ignore and that I wasn't able to see in the model itself. In particular the button mounting brackets were not attached to the sides of the case but just floating 1mm from the case. Rookie mistakes.

It's ok. This will allow me to make a few other refinements that I noticed when printing, but that weren't important enough by themselves to cancel it.

#3dprinting

@MaryPot I currently use an Ender 5 Pro, and as you can see I'm using up all of the available print area for this print! I've been very pleased with the quality of the prints when combined with the default Ender 5 printer profile in Prusaslicer.

We are 40 hours in and the structure that holds the knitting machine itself is completed. All that is left are the walls which also have button and motor mounts in them.

#3dprinting #knitting #electronics

After almost 16 hours, the case for my knitting clock is starting to take shape. You can now make out the central structure that will hold the knitting machine itself in place. While I tried to reduce overhangs, due to the nature of this model there still are quite a few so there will be a lot of internal support material to remove when this is done.

#3dprinting #knitting #electronics

@Nerdfest You could make a strong argument that Poker Face is essentially a reboot of Columbo for Gen-Xers.

I've been quiet about my hackaday-inspired knitting clock project ever since I decided to replace the 48-hook machine with a 22-hook model, but that's because I've been busy learning 3D modeling!

I realized the new 22-hook knitting machine fits on my 3D printer bed, so instead of a wooden case, I designed a custom case for it using Tinkercad. I just started an epic 2 day, 8-hour print of the case that takes up my entire print bed!

#3dprinting #knitting #electronics

@apples_and_pears You could go back in with a tapestry needle and weave in a new thread to match the pattern of the old. That would be easier on a simpler pattern though (like a standard tabby or twill). Because this is doubleweave, you are essentially weaving two fabrics that are interlaced with each other in this dense cloth, so it would be more challenging.

In my case I put on enough warp for three towels and I will probably not go to the trouble for this one.

In case anyone new to weaving is wondering how you recover from a mistake like this, measure out a new warp thread, thread it through the reed and heddle, and then hang it off of the back of the loom with a weight. I wrap the end of the warp around the weight until it hangs properly, and unwind it a bit every few times I advance the warp.

Then wrap the other end around a pin and pin it to the fabric. After enough rows eventually tension will keep it in place.

After weaving quite a few inches into the towel I thought something looked off and discovered I was missing a thread!

If you find the pin in the picture you can see that part of the pattern just looks a bit off. Follow that line up to where the thread finally is threaded and you can see where the pattern got corrected after I added a new warp thread.

#weaving

I finished tying on the new warp to the old and have started weaving the first of three towels. Beyond the different colored yarn, I also modified this design in two ways, taking advantage of the reversible nature of this doubleweave overshot pattern:

1. Since there is no "right" side to this, I reversed the color for almost 2/3 of the hem at the bottom so when I fold it, it matches the color on its own side.

2. I extended the inverted color of the pattern stripe.

#weaving #Fiberuary

@Wildbill @katherined @jzb Looking forward to it!

@Wildbill So bye, bye, using free API
Made a checkmark cost 8 sawbucks, cuz ad revenue's dry
And them good ole bots were posting using AI
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Did you retweet posts you love
And do you have faith in Musk above
If the fanboys tell you so?
Now do you believe the election's stole?
Can free speech save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to troll real slow?

Halfway through tying a new warp onto the remnants of the old. Wow this is tedious work, and there is at least 3 more hours to go, but I still think it is faster and less error-prone than re-threading it.

#weaving #Fiberuary