The furniture of the future could be made from nothing more than two long strands of yarn. A prototype manufacturing machine developed at Carnegie Mellon University is transforming traditional textile ...

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 ...

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 ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction – forward, backward and diagonal – so users can construct a wide variety of shapes ...

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Now, the big thing. This machine is designed to let me knit with just the carriage for the back bed, or using the front and back carriages in tandem, but the part that moved the carriages in tandem ...

As we enter the depths of winter, there’s no prospect more appealing than bundling up in a handmade, ultra-warm wool blanket. When the time comes for us to leave our cosy nests to brave howling winds ...

Here’s a YouTube video of the garter transfer carriage in action, to make garter stitch fabric on a double bed Superba machine: See how much easier and faster the garter stitch is on the double bed ...