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knit hack designs is one of the creative outlets of raeanne young, a geeky craftster who likes to knit about floss, scifi, video games, and all her other favorite things. knit hack designs interprets intersections of gender and technology through colorful and compulsive textiles, knitting the impossible, clever, and sometimes proprietary... 

events

sf bay hackmeet ,oct 2007 oakland, ca

village grounds cafe, dec 2007 berkeley, ca

contact

contact knithackerdesigns(at)gmail(dot)com
  • C-Bird

    A present for Carolyn, aka "c bird" for Christmas by way of spring in Big Sur..

    yarn: Bitty Bunz by Artfibers

     

     

  • knit hackers at 24th chaos communication congress


    rose white's session at this year's 24C3 addressed proprietary versus open knitting, knowledge-sharing and innovation by showing that through history, "guerilla knitting" was actually a subversive craft. in her words, "for decades there have been knitters and other textile artists who are at least as punk rock as today's needle-wielders".


    the history of guerilla knitting parallels the rise of industrial production and industry's attempts to standardize and codify knitting patterns. white also shares the story of elizabeth zimmerman who, after being commissioned by a company to design a sweater, had her work re-written in proprietary language. zimmerman then started her own projects to invite knitters to innovate and design for themselves, rejecting the standard industry methods in favor of new experimental designs. sound familiar? today there's an enormous knitting blogging community committed to free liber open source knitting (flosk?).

    no matter what the medium, artists, knitters, hackers, or whatever, who engage in information production deserve the rights to innovate freely. go knit hackers of the world, unite!

     

  • R2D2 at GGU Public Interest Law Auction, 3/11 SF

    come through to support a great cause an check out the knit hack designs auction item, an R2D2 scarf! we're also auctioning off some fun binary code and pi-themed ipod covers. door is only $10 for students an comes with 2 drinks, hope to see u there!

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    The GGU annual Public Interest Law Foundation auction is just around the corner!


    Tuesday, March 11, from 5 to 9 pm at 111 Minna Gallery(near 2nd and Mission).


    Silent auction continuing until 6:30 pm at the gallery.

    Live auction at 7:30 pm.

    Food, drink, great fun!

    All proceeds go directly to fund public interest work in under-served communities.

    Come out and support this great cause!

  • reproducing human anatomy in knitting

    i love this exercise in geeky knitting from armatie at craftster:

    but what about reproducing reproductive human anatomy? of course, knitty's beat us to the punch on that one with their awesome womb. stay tuned for pics of the robotic hysterectomy i knit to celebrate my mom's graduation from her pelvic reconstructive surgery fellowship! oh yes, wait for it...

     

  • jayne cobb inspired hats

    here are a couple hats i made inspired by jayne cobb's hat from firefly, one of my favorite shows. i added a few loving touches for john (9 yrs) who needed a dragon on his and also a couple hearts to warm the ears...

     

  • my favorite binary code scarf

    here's a close up of my very favorite piece: a binary code scarf i made for mark, inspired by an infamous 2007 knitty pattern.