At last, a use for that industrial knitting machine you bought at a yard sale! Carnegie Mellon researchers have created a method that generates knitting patterns for arbitrary 3D shapes, opening ...

It can’t spit out patterns for anyone with a pair of knitting needles to start working on, which is very upsetting as I need a pair of Stanford bunny slippers.

“Solid knitting is a new technique to fabricate dense, firm objects via knitting. The objects are built up layer by layer in the style of 3D printing but are held together by intertwined strands ...

3D knitting The wild, neural network-powered future of knitting Meet InverseKnit, a new tool developed by MIT that lets anybody design a pattern on a computer to 3D print a knitted garment.

3D knitting, as the tech version is called, was inspired by the 3D-printing revolution and aspires to a similar goal: to be the one piece of manufacturing technology in everyone's home.

While Tom Daley is best known for his expert diving skills (and numerous Olympic medals), the sportsman has spent the last few years honing a new craft: knitting. First spotted knitting up a storm ...

3D knitting machines are not themselves new. In the fashion industry, some brands use large industrial knitting machines in their manufacturing facilities.

Rothy’s 3D knitting machines have thousands of needles that race back and forth and knit the yarn into the shoe’s uppers; a 3D printer, by comparison, creates parts layer by layer.

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Floor Skrabanja has created a collection of seats with single-piece 3D-knitted upholstery that needs no gluing or stitching, so can easily be deconstructed.

Kniterate then takes the digital file and translates it into a real-life knitting formula. The text, images, and patterns that adorn the creations are limited only by the user's imagination.

Bringing us performance wear like knit shoes, Adidas’ Warp Knit leggings, and Nike’s Pro Elite Knit shirts, this technique is arguably responsible for the rise of “athleisure” fashion.