Ayesha Iftiqhar @icymakes gave a great talk about why you should make Pretty Circuit Boards (PCBs). It was really inspiring to hear all the ways she does outreach to promote inclusion in STEM. My favorite part was her sly dig at the “get in the kitchen and me me a sandwich” attitude by saying that PCBs were about as easy to make as a sandwich and using that as the framework for explaining layer stackup. And check out her dress with LED constellations!

And now let’s talk about the knitting. Yes, the MINDBLOWING machine knitting and stitch visualization software by Hannah Twigg-Smith who is on instagram as branchwelder. She has managed to model slip-stitch patterns AND the way they compress by including a spring constant for the yarn. I totally thought her stitch pattern image was a photo until she explained it. 🤯🤯🤯 Check this out. I’ll include a video at the end of this thread as well.

@alpenglow this is awesome! Is the software out anywhere?? My SO has just started knitting again and this would be sooo helpful!