Jerry 🦙💝🦙
In happier news, my wife bought the most fascinating machine. It knits yarn into a continuous tube. I think I lost an hour to watching it run this morning.
Feb 4 at 7:15pmWeb
Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚Feb 4

@jerry you’re going to have the fanciest and coziest usb cable covers ever!

Also sock knitters are kind of cool like this too

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@Toxic_Flange I am going to suggest this to her
Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚Feb 4
@jerry Oh your paracord USB cable for your keyboard is cute.. but i’ve got artesianal knitted usb cord!
Show threadDouble_Virgule 🚫👑Feb 4
@jerry Absolutely mesmerizing. But...why do you need continuous yarn tubes?
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4

@double_virgule you see, it’s like this:

Step 1: make yarn tubes
Step 2: ???
Step 3: profit

We are still working out step 2

Show threadTindraFeb 4

@jerry @double_virgule coil into placemats, rugs, etc.

I have both the extremely manual (it’s a spool with 4 nails in it. Seriously, that’s the whole tool) and semi-manual (hand-crank) versions of this.

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@TindrasGrove @double_virgule so I think the intention is to put a thin piece of wire inside the tube and then make various shapes and lettering for decoration. I also mentioned the idea of actually knitting with the tubes, which seems like it would result in some cool stuff.
Show threadDouble_Virgule 🚫👑Feb 4
@TindrasGrove @jerry Ah, neat. My mom makes rugs using strips of old t-shirts. Is there a maximum thickness on this? Could you cut t-shirts or other old cloth small enough and knot end-to-end to make recycled tubes?
Show threadTindraFeb 4

@double_virgule @jerry I suspect it would be hard to get cut fabric thin enough to work for this model and still be structurally sound.

But I’ve totally done other crafts (crochet, weaving, braiding) with cut strips of fabric!

Show threadFaraiweFeb 4
@jerry WITCHSCARFT
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@faraiwe truly
Show threadJonathan YuFeb 4
@jerry I have just lost several minutes to this. Thank you
Show threadGunChleocFeb 4

@jerry For really fancy & flexible tubes, get one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flechtmaschine.ogv

That's how you make shoe laces and candlewicks.

File:Flechtmaschine.ogv - Wikipedia

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@gunchleoc now that is very cool!
Show threadGunChleocFeb 4
@jerry You can also do this with humans https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Picture_of_a_Southern_Town-_Life_in_Wartime_Reading,_Berkshire,_England,_UK,_1945_D25384.jpg#/media/File:A_Picture_of_a_Southern_Town-_Life_in_Wartime_Reading,_Berkshire,_England,_UK,_1945_D25384.jpg
File:A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, 1945 D25384.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@gunchleoc I am old enough to have done that many times on the playground when I was young. It was really cool and super hard to keep organized as I recall.
Show threadPhilFeb 4
@jerry How is that an hour lost? 
Show threaddsFeb 4
thanks @jerry now I'm late for work
Show threadjerFeb 4
@jerry can you feed the tubes back in and get thicker tubes?
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 4
@nyquildotorg that was my first question too and the answer is “no, not with that machine at least”
Show threadAlexander KnochelFeb 4
@jerry yearning for the yarning
Show threadMuro deGrizecoFeb 4

@jerry

"All the snakes are getting sweaters this year!"

Show threadQuinn ComendantFeb 4

@jerry The fun thing is you can scale this machine up to any size.

Now the question is for you – to ponder while watching your machine run for a couple more hours – what is the minimum number of hooks?

Here’s a photo of a larger version in the fantastic TextielMuseum in Tilburg, NL

Show threadTomSeppertFeb 5

@com @jerry

Yes. Clothes where there is no vertical seam, like socks and (some) t-shirts, are made this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98EgZy9bYuk

Mayer & Cie. SF4 3.2 III 3-thread fleece circular knitting machine

YouTube
Show threadAndrew KalatFeb 5
@jerry Man, how many ER reports involve this thing, and, uh, male appendages?
Show threadChilly  🛡️ Feb 5
@jerry
@TindrasGrove @Dio9sys
Show threadDio9sysFeb 5

@chillybot

@jerry @TindrasGrove

that is so neat!! is the circumference adjustable? do you then use the tubes to do chunky knitting? If you put elastic string into it can you make a compression sleeve? I have so many questions

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 5
@Dio9sys @chillybot @TindrasGrove it’s not adjustable- I had the very same question. My wife is going to put wire inside the tub to make it “posable” and make different ornaments, signs and the like by bending them into shapes.
Show threadDio9sysFeb 5

@jerry

@chillybot @TindrasGrove

oh that's cool! Yeah, knit wire makes for excellent jewelry

Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Feb 5
@Dio9sys @chillybot @TindrasGrove I’ll suggest jewelry. She is big into making Christmas tree ornaments and signs currently
Show threadabadideaFeb 5
@jerry what is your wife planning with infinite yarn tubes on demand?
Show threadNils BallmannFeb 5
@0xabad1dea @jerry as far as I have observed the knitting of my wife: the infinite yarn tubes can be considered thick yarn and then be used to knit bigger things, like scarfs, hats or even sweaters.
Show threadDavidFeb 5

@nils_ballmann @0xabad1dea @jerry Just out of curiosity: Has anyone built a larger yarn-tube knitter that can be used to knit yarn tubes into meta-tubes?

I have no idea what their purpose would be, but the idea amuses me.

Show threadÖlbaumFeb 5
@jerry When we were kids, my sister had the professional version:
Show threadstodarahodanFeb 5
@jerry looks like an automated Strickliesl
Show threadJahan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧘Feb 6
@jerry that beat♥️
Show threadKarstenFeb 6
@jerry there's a lot going on there. Fascinating machine!