Intermediate intarsia | Machine knitting an inkblot

See how I turned an inkblot into a finished piece.
Counting is hard so I wrote a Python script to parse the file.
The script: gist.github.co...
The yarn: www.knitknacks...

[@MaraschinoPenguin31415]

I just finished an intarsia project, and I can definitely see the advantage of a list of instructions compared with reading a chart. If I were to go really nuts, I think I’d want to rig up something that highlights the actual needles on the knitter bed. Not sure yet how I might accomplish that.

[@sonialorenzo9223]

I fell in love with the knitting machines instantly and I thought it was going to be a fun new thing to learn. Little did I know that this little hobby will bring to places like your channel that is taking this hobby to incredible places. Following your path might not be my thing but I thoroughly enjoyed your way of thinking and your skills.

[@armeegetton]

That's so cool, I'd love to try one of those knitting machines, so many cool designs u could make

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

You should!

[@mattsadventureswithart5764]

Knitting machines AND python? Absolutely geektastic to me!
Just a simple question: without the intarsia carriage, could this be done by bringing my needles to that position manually on each row and using the standard carriage?

[@sampooley4248]

A bit late to the party, but yes you could! The only difference is that you could only use 2 colours per row, and more importantly it would create long floats in between colours at the back, so not good for garments

[@junopayne3304]

hey, thanks so much for sharing this. Im really interested in using your code but i have no experience coding, do you know of any resources that could explain this to a beginner? ive downloaded python and pillow/PIL but im still quite confused. no stress if not, im excited to see what else you create!

[@beautyandthelilbeast6897]

Hi I’m trying to figure out how to use your intarsia chart maker in not real tech savvy can you go more in depth

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

It's not really a chart maker, it outputs written instructions pythonbasics.org/execute-python-scripts/

[@luisarmentaartist]

so cool

[@svetlanarudi.]

Просто замечательно !

[@olliejones3302]

Braid groups! and people say pure maths doesn't have real world applications 😆