Granny Was a Hacker: Knitting as Computer Code
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The document discusses various artistic projects that blend knitting with coding concepts, including binary knitting, braille socks, and the encoding of computer messages into knit patterns. Highlights include a 'decoder hat' transforming binary code into stitches, a 'viral knitting project' using the code from a computer virus, and a crochet representation of the Arecibo message. Overall, the text illustrates the intersection of technology and craft, showcasing innovative uses of knitting to convey digital information.
Granny Was a Hacker: Knitting as Computer Code
- 2. GRANNY WAS A HACKER KNITTING AS COMPUTER CODE
- 3. BINARY KNITTING • “Decoder Hat” by Zabet Stewart • Ribbing used to encode binary message. • One = knit; zero = purl • Message length restricted by size of hat. 96 stitches = 12 ASCII characters in binary at 8 stitches each
- 4. BINARY KNITTING • “Binary Scarf” by heycarrieann • Source code of ravelry.com (knitting website) converted into binary
- 5. BINARY KNITTING • “The Viral Knitting Project” by Kirsty Robertson and Roberto Buiani • Code Red computer virus turned into a knitting pattern
- 6. F L ICKR :@DE VABURGE R RAV E L RY:@CYN
- 7. BINARY KNITTING • “Braille Socks” by Jessica Landers • Uses knit and purl stitches to mimic Braille writing • Encodes a stanza from Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You'll Go!
- 9. CODED COLOURS • “Morse Code” by Kate Atherley • Uses colour to represent dots and dashes • Left mitten reads “My Left Mitten”, thumb reads “Thumb”, etc
- 10. FROM: KNITTY.COM F ROM: S T R INGGE EKE RY.COM F ROM: WOOL LY THOUGHT S
- 11. CODED COLOURS • Probably the most literal example of knitted code • Average scarf holds about 120 bytes of information FLICKR: @JACQUELINE-W
- 12. QR CODE • Yes, it really works. FLICKR: @BEKATHWIA
- 13. REALLY GEEKY STUFF FLICKR: @BEKATHWIA
- 14. ARECIBO MESSAGE • Filet crochet by Devon • Message written by Carl Sagan (and others), broadcast into space via radio wave in 1974 • Includes atomic numbers, double helix of DNA, graphic of solar system, etc
- 15. KNITTED APPLICATION • iTunes No. 6 by Phillip Stearns • Digital forensics tools used to extract, process, and visualise raw binary data • Knitted and woven by computer
- 16. THANK YOU Kris Howard @web_goddess