List of Tools, referances and books

Tools for computer generated patterns

• Library of Processing sketch examples for pattern: , generative-gestaltung: http://www.generative-gestaltung.de/code

• ImageMagik script Ascii pattern converter: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/quantize/#diy_symbols

• Mosaic Knitting Pattern generator: http://laurakogler.net/processing/MosaicKnitting/

• Maze generator for knitting chart: http://www.unikatissima.de/e/?page_id=2062

• Lace pattern – applet : http://www.unikatissima.de/shop/?page_id=494

• Tartan Generator : http://www.tartanmaker.com/?page=index

• Random knitting chart – generator: http://babyzcostumeshop.comyr.com/tools/knitting/random-knit-chart.htm

• Random crochet – generator: http://babyzcostumeshop.comyr.com/tools/crochet/randomsquare/index.htm

• Random pixel generator: http://www.pixelmonkeys.org/#faq

• Cellular automata – Java applets: http://sjsu.rudyrucker.com/nksapplets.htm

• Penrose tilling – applet : http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/software/penrose/

• http://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/pines/1684/Penrose.html

• Truchet tiles – processing sketch: http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/52536

• – online applet: http://makio135.com/gen/

• http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/david/penrose/

• Taparat applet, a computer generated Islamic pattern :http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/washington/taprats/applet.html

• Applet to draw symmetrical patterns : http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/artnaturepattern/IslamicPatternApplet.html

• Tessellation– Java Applet online: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/tri.htm

• Paper folding tessellation: http://www.papermosaics.co.uk/diy.html

• Origami tessellation- tutorial: https://www.math.lsu.edu/~verrill/origami/OriTesIns/

• Origami and crystallographic notation: http://xahlee.info/Wallpaper_dir/c5_17WallpaperGroups.html

• Fractals and tessellations: http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/tessell.htm

• Fractal tutorial (fr): http://www.mathcurve.com/fractals/wunderlich/wunderlich.shtml

• Pattern and latin square (motif et carrés latin) http://www.recreomath.qc.ca/dict_regulier_carre_latin.htm

• Random Stitch Chart – generator: http://www.knittingfool.com/Reference/LacePatternGenerator.aspx

• Mathematical knitting and crochet http://www.woollythoughts.com/

Software and converters:

• Oknitme (Transforms patterns to make your own punched cards with a vinyl cutter) http://oknitme.serpicanaro.org/

• Valentina (Open Source pattern making program for clothing)https://bitbucket.org/dismine/valentina

• KnitML (knitting pattern with algorithm and XML) http://www.knitml.com/blog

• KXSTITCH(for creating cross stitch charts for Linux!) http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/kxstitch/index.php?title=Main_Page

• Crochet Lathe – Calculates your rows and stitches for crochet when you want to do geometrical shapes: http://avtanski.net/projects/crochet/lathe/

• Stitch Maps – Creates a new way of viewing your knitting chart: https://stitch-maps.com/

• Picascii – Transforms a picture in ASCII: http://picascii.com/

• Microrevolt -To transform a picture into a knitting grid : http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/index.php

• My photo stitch – To transform a picture in a cross stitch chart: http://www.myphotostitch.com/Make_Pattern/Make_Pattern.html

• Jbead software is a bead rope crochet design software: https://www.jbead.ch/

• Gimp & G’mic plugin : open source software for transforming images for knitting with dithering algorithms as well as many filters and scripts to generate patterns.

• Design your own Torchon lace patterns: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/makelace/index.htm

• Bobbine Lace software :

• http://www.knipling.de/

• http://www.barbason.be/joomla/index.php/kandela2

• http://bobbin-lace.wikispaces.com/design+software+compared

• Card Weaver - a design tool for card weaving http://www.theloomybin.com/cw/

Sewing machine hacks for embroidery machine:

• Open Embroidery : http://openembroidery.com/en/the-project/

• Electrolab sewing machine/ embroidery machine hack: https://wiki.electrolab.fr/Projets:Lab:brodeuse

• Hack a sewing machine to turn it into an embroidery : machinehttps://www.open-electronics.org/openbuilds-open-source-embroidery-machine/

• Hacked sewing machine in embroidery machine: http://130.94.182.150/embroidr.htm

• Cnc sewing machine: makezine.com/2010/07/21/cnc-sewing-machine/

• Hacked sewing machine with sensors: http://scanlime.org/2010/01/diy-sewing-machine-retrofit/

Knitting machine hacks:

• Ayab hack pour la kh 910, kh 930 (kh 940 pour bientôt!) Open Source- Arduino/C++/Python – Linux, Windows, Osx

• Knitic kh 930 ,kh 940 – Open Source – Arduino/Processing – Linux, Windows, Osx

• So Kanno brother kh 970, kh 940, Ck35 – Open Source – Arduino/Processing – Linux, Windows, Osx

• Knit Hack kh 940 https://github.com/DataPaulette/KnitHack_KH940

Hacks with FTDI cable:

• Knittington (Software for sending patterns with FTDI cable) kh 930, kh 940, kh 950 – Open Source – Linux, Windows, Osx

• DaviWorks (How to make an FTDI cable and software for sending patterns) kh 930 – kh 940 – kh 950 – Windows, Osx (free for 100 needles ~ 60$)

• Becky Stern, Adafruit – (How to make an FTDI cable / Python) – Open Source – Linux, Windows, Osx

• Fabienne Hacked knitting creations – Cable FTDI and emulateur – Open Source – Linux, Windows, Osx

Open Source weaving projects:

• Osloom , Open source jacquard loom http://www.osloom.org/

• Lasercut backstrap loom: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:120555

• FabLoom (laser cut) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUo5ORgWwIk

• Métiers Leclerc loom documentation: http://www.leclerclooms.com/draw_inst/Draw_instFR.htm

Loom Hacks:

• Dobby loom hack with arduino & solonoides www.milesvisman.com/weavingmachines.html

• The Dot-Matrix Fabric Printer is an open source desktop jacquard loom (nicknamed Doti) w http://pamelaliou.com/doti.html

• Data Paulette – Using arduino and LED to visualize where to lower the table loom levers: http://wiki.datapaulette.org/doku.php/atelier/documentation/outillage/tissage

Computer operated textile machines:

• Batik CNC printer: https://hackaday.com/2018/05/08/we-couldnt-resist-this-cnc-batik-bot/

• 3d Printable Loom: https://hackaday.com/2017/07/25/make-a-bit-of-cloth-with-this-3d-printable-loom/

• Textile 3D printer: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electroloom/electroloom-the-worlds-first-3d-fabric-printer/description

Electronic Textile:

• E-textile bible: http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/

• E-textile summercamp: http://etextile-summercamp.org

• E-textile Swatch Exchange:http://etextile-summercamp.org/swatch-exchange/category/2017/

• Data Paulette E-textile hackerspace Paris : http://wiki.datapaulette.org/doku.php

• E-textile, werable tech shop https://www.adafruit.com/blog/category/wearables/page/8/

• Lara Grant Instructables tutorials for e-textiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp-7Wc4h790

• http://lara-grant.com/project/how-to-work-with-conductive-fabric/ and more..

Books & Magazines

• Libre graphics Magazine:http://libregraphicsmag.com/

• Sadie Plant - Future looms and cybernetics https://monoskop.org/images/1/13/Plant_Sadie_1995_The_Future_Looms_Weaving_Women_and_Cybernetics.pdf

• Handmade electronic music Nicolas Collins: http://loliel.narod.ru/DIY.pdf

• Annie Albers Weaving https://monoskop.org/images/7/71/Albers_Anni_On_Weaving_1974.pdf

• Forest Mims mini engineers note books: https://archive.org/details/electronics_-_Forrest_Mims-engineers_mini-notebook_basic_semiconductor_circuits_

• Brother Knitting machine manuals and repair manual:https://mostlyknittingmachines.weebly.com/free-brother-knitting-machine-accessory-manuals-and-punchcard-sets.html

• Islamic art and design :https://archive.org/details/IslamicArtAndGeometricDesign

• The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End https://archive.org/details/TheEssentialArtofAfricanTextilesDesignWithoutEnd