Residents have knitted a scarf long enough to wrap around their care home. The idea for the 200m (656ft) long scarf came about after one of the residents at the Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle, ...

A research team from Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University has developed a prototype knitting machine that can build arbitrarily rigid three-dimensional structures by layering stitches ...

If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects ...

Learn the simple art of finger knitting in this beginner-friendly tutorial! Step-by-step instructions to create cozy scarves or cowls using just your fingers—no needles needed. Perfect for craft ...

Yes, you read that right– not benchy, but beanie, as in the hat. A toque, for those of us under the Maple Leaf. It’s not 3D printed, either, except perhaps by the loosest definition of the word: it is ...

Garment manufacturing usually involves the use of purchased fabrics, although you could produce your own fabrics as well as garments made from them. You could specialize in a certain apparel ...

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HiDef Textiles merges traditional craftsmanship with AI, revitalizing old knitting machines for STEAM education. Led by the University of Iceland and the Iceland University of the Arts, this project ...