hmmmm, what if?

Programmable Textiles from Self-Assembly Lab, MIT on Vimeo.

have a good weekend.enjoy the longer days!

neki desu

an epiphany during epiphany

the magi came and left bringing help from ravelry and an epiphany.

i am trying to tame the ribber beast and was doing ok until unexpectedly the ribber carriage started disengaging from the main carriage in mid pass.woe and woe and woe.

sensed it had to do with height alignment but wanted at all costs to avoid dismounting it.

sosed on ravelry and the folks there confirmed my hunch.it's an adjustment that can be done with the beast on, but being nº1 in the kludz championship i went ahead and unhooked it from the main bed.

fine and dandy, but i need an 8mm spanner which will be bought today to finish the job.i also need some leds to follow the next unit of the arduino course i'm doing.shopping day ahead.

this is going to be a year of studying: arduino, dbj knitting, learning to use my new digi cam, a composition course and whatever else comes around.

i don't make new year's resolutions but this looks as if applied myself.

neki desu

of acronyms

dbj does not mean anything except to machine knitters. that's what i'm trying now.

here's the first sample in all its holey glory. what's really happening here is that i'm learning the ropes of the color changer as well as the ribber. there's tension to control, keeping track of the color changes, reading the machine panel to see which row am i on and which color is knitting, interpreting the manual and freaking out because i don't find the place or part, only to realize that the drawing was made to confuse and not to illustrate.and most important reading and analyzing the instructions on how to knit images and of course once again blinded by ambition i am doing 3 color knit. 

the good news, actually excellent news, is that i have acquired a lot of practice doing  the full needle rib used  for  casting on/off.

if you've read so far i'll let you in: dbj stands for double bed jacquard. expect complex images.

neki desu