What happens when you try to teach a computer how to knit? Can a neural network match the creativity of a human? And what might happen if The Terminator became a knitwear designer? Our guest is Janelle Shane, who does all kinds of pop-culture experiments with AI at her blog, aiweirdness. Her AI program has generated paint names , recipes , and Halloween costumes.
Knitting patterns, though? Hoo boy. That was a new frontier. It then checks that guess against the data it has, and over time fine-tunes itself to get better and better as guessing. We use AI all the time for things like Google Translate and image recognition programs.
We recreate an epic example of this right from the Fiber Nation archives; be sure you tune in to listen! They sent her a gazillion sample patterns and then spent many, many hours knitting, debugging, and reknitting the new ones that SkyKnit generated.
Take a look at the SkyKnit-generated instructions above. Many of the patterns defied the laws of physics. And then there were the names. Be sure to check out the latest episode of Fiber Nation , Home Economics vs.
You can listen on the player above, or wherever you prefer to get your podcasts. I was so happy that Julie and Adam got to join us at Knit Nation- she works so hard on our graphics for events and she finally got to see them in person.
Not surprisingly, she was so sweet and got lots of compliments on that shawl of hers! If you were at Knit Nation and want a digital version of your party photobooth images, you can see all of them here. I am nudging Casey to put up a nice gallery but that is what we have right now! There are some pretty funny ones in there. Thanks to everyone that came out to Knit Nation to see us, the party sponsors, the volunteers and of course Alice and Cookie!!
Comments here Focussing on how to use bright colours, and new techniques to create high fashion patterns. There will also be LIVE knitting all week in the John Lewis Oxford Street window as knitters stitch their way around a plain white living room scene transforming it into a woollen wonderland.
Celebrity knitting fans Daisy Lowe and Oliver Proudlock will be joining the fun. Erika Knight brings her fashion industry background to the project and will teach guests how to knit a detachable collar and the art of plaid. Rowan Yarns will teach the art of the chunky winter snood using a limited edition pattern devised specialty for Wool Week.
If Ryan Gosling can do it…they will be teaching beanie hats and chunky scarf knitting for men and children throughout their day.
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