Did a Robot Knit Your Jumper?

I have resurrected this blog to provide a place to publish supplemental and supporting resources for a talk I am giving at EMF 2026. I will update with the slides and eventual recording of the talk when it is published.

The talk itself came from my interest in understanding more about the mechanical engineering behind knitting machines. I have a relatively deep understanding of hand knitting, but a more limited view of how those techniques translate to machines. EMF provided an excuse to give myself a deadline to do some research.

Below are some of the resources I found helpful when preparing the talk.

Books

The Knitwear Manual

Four Centuries of Machine Knitting: Commemorating William Lee’s Invention of the Stocking Frame in 1589. editedby John T. Millington and Stanley Chapman. Knitting International, 1989

Jamshaid, H., Mishra, R., & SpringerLink. (2024). Knitting Science, Technology, Process and Materials A Sustainable Approach (Hafsa. Jamshaid & Rajesh. Mishra, Eds.; 1st ed. 2024.). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44927-7

Abrams, L. (2026). Knitting in Scotland : Culture, Craft and Industry. Bloomsbury Publishing UK. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/knitting-in-scotland-9781350361713/