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Crochet + Knitting for Geeks

Verena Kuni Ha3k3ln + Str1ck3n fuer Geeks

By the way, did I mention already that my pattern generators (maze pattern generator, cellular automaton and random squares pattern generator) have been mentioned in a book? :))

I’ve read it and I also had fun with the rest of the book ;-)
I liked especially the (here already presented ;-)) crocheted hyperbolic planes and freeform work, knit-covered (computer)cords (similar to filled i-cord), yarn bombing and the secure password input, but also mobius shawls, klein bottle hats, hacked knitting machines and much more.

That reminds me, as I understand it ‘geeks’ are people who are not only superficially interested in a subject ;-)

See best for yourself, you can find more about as well as at the publishing house (O’Reilly) as well as at Amazon.de (Häkeln + Stricken für Geeks (book)und Häkeln + Stricken für Geeks (kindle));-)

Links:

Häkeln + Stricken für Geeks (HA3K3LN + STR1CK3N für Geeks) (German)

book at O’Reilly	book at Amazon.de	kindle at Amazon.de

Here at unikatissima:
Maze Pattern Generator
Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
Random Squares Pattern Generator
TED Talk: Nature, Crochet and Geometry
Freeform Needlework
Clothesline Knitting or Filled I-cord
Yarn Bomb a Chair
Enter Passwords Securely

Train Your Brain

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I have here a little ~~toy~~ toy again to clear your head – and train it at the same time.
Simply add up the five figures – the faster you are the more points you get.

And still better: you can get the ~~Brainificator Add Up 5~~ Brainificator Add Up 5 as ~~online version~~ online version as well as Android App for you to train your brain virtually everywhere :)
And after that you’re relaxed and can give yourself over to crafting again ;-)

Note: Brainificator Add Up 5 is donationware with which you support unikatissima’s blog.

Links:
~~– Online version (brainificator add up 5 simulation)~~
~~– Android App Version at Google play (Brainificator Add Up 5 C)~~
– Online version (brainificator add up 5 simulation)
– Android App Version at Google play (Brainificator Add Up 5 – Requires AIR for Android)
At the apps you can see screenshots.

English Wikipedia entry for ‘Donationware’
German Wikipedia entry for ‘Donationware’

Quick & Easy Bead Loom

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

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Recently I wanted to bead loom two patterns of my random squares pattern generator and needed a bead loom for this.

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom I’ve completely forgotten about the tutorial that I presented for my other bead bracelet (well, the entries pile up :)) and simply wound my thread around a cardboard fruit dish and just started.
The advantage is that I have plenty of thread to weave in after cutting the threads on the back of the dish.
And if you don’t have a cardboard fruit dish I’m sure that you can use a box of chocolates, too ;-)
I didn’t need to make little notches with my cardboard fruit dish because it was rough enough, but with a box of chocolates I think it would be better, just as described in the tutorial.

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

And that’s it.
I haven’t woven in all threads and have no closure yet – I can’t decide.
It’s done with the random squares pattern 1 further below.

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom And here I began another one that I make with the random squares pattern 2 further below.

Random Squares Pattern 1
9 squares width
unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

unikatissima Random Square Generator

Random Squares Pattern 2
9 squares width
unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

unikatissima Random Square Generator

Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
Loom Woven Bead Bracelet

Here again the linklist of Loom Woven Bead Bracelet:
Make your own bead loom (with explaining pictures)

Tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving
Another tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving
Another tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving

Two very good pictures (in English text): select in the left sidebar ‘Woven Beadwork’ and scroll down
Two very good pictures (in German text): select in the left sidebar ‘Gewebtes’ and scroll down

Tips to bead weaving (German) at Perlenhobby.de: click on ‘Tipps + Tricks’ in the sidebar left and select there ‘Tipps zum Perlenweben’

Random Squares Pattern Generator

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The Random Squares Pattern Generator

I can’t remember why I wanted to let generate square mirrored random patterns: it took me so long to finish my random squares pattern generator ;-)

But I must say now that I’m really amazed of the generated patterns!
I sat already for hours and let make patterns and saved them ;-)
Personally I prefer the patterns of a width from about 15 squares to 35 squares: the patterns are very varied and you can recongnize very well the mirroring of the patterns. The bigger they get the more they seem merely random and then I don’t like them anymore.
By the way: up until now I haven’t had no pattern twice except for the really little ones!

I even tried some patterns already! ;-))
I knitted and filet crocheted some swatches, there was no time for more yet, but I must say as always: you can make muuuch more from the patterns than only filet crochet and cross stich!

Have fun with my random squares pattern generator!

P.S.: By the way, you can find the patterns from the top at the random squares pattern generator under ‘Completed patterns’, they are both 25 squares wide :)

Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?
crochet medaillon

Online Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)

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I wrote another online pattern generator that you can use in a manner of speaking for ‘nearly everything’ ;-), but this time not for maze patterns, but for patterns that are made with a so called cellular automaton.

To tell you the truth, I haven’t as yet understood fully what a cellular automaton is ;-)

Everything began when I saw this knitted Cellular Automata Tea Cozy.
I found the pattern quite funny, so I made a little research and when I found the many different patterns that such a cellular automaton can generate I was dead set on writing an online pattern generator for such patterns.

Ta-DAA! And here it is.

A suggestion: If you don’t like a (random) pattern, simply click the ‘random’ or the ‘random random’ button again, some of the patterns differ considerably from each other!
And if you don’t know exactly what to do with the diagrams simply read again my entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’ ;-)

I wish you a lot of fun with it!

By the way: On the photo you see my first printed patterns, yarn in two colours, some beads, crochet and knitting needles.
I simply can’t settle for a project to begin ;-))

Links:
unikatissima’s Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
unikatissima’s Maze Pattern Generator

Cellular Automata Tea Cozy
via: k2g2 – Mathematical Craft Projects

Elementary Cellular Automaton

Here at unikatissima:
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?

Maze Pattern Generator

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Yesterday I showed what can be done with filet crochet/cross stitch embroidery charts.
Today I want to present my maze pattern generator.

Some time ago I played a little around with mosaic (slip-stitch) knitting and found that mazes are as if made for that.
You can see this e.g. on the photo where I show a mosaic knitted wrist warmer.

Because I didn’t felt like always making the mazes myself, I looked in internet whether I can’t find anything and – ta-DAA! – I found the Maze Maker for which John Lauro kindly even published the algorithm (Thanks, John!).
There are more maze generators, but I found those of the Maze Maker most beautiful of all.

Therefore I sat down and wrote a program that generates mazes of a given size and where I can even specify the path lengths.
I let output an overview (little picture) and the pattern (template), because I find the overviews are easier to compare.

Of course you can (as ‘mentioned’ yesterday ;-)) work filet crochet but also mosaic knitted wrist warmers like the one on the photo on top, …

…embroidered cards (here I always pricked a little hole in the center of the little black squares which I embroidered with running stitches worked in both directions) …

…and bead work (here beaded square stitch).
By the way this is a good example where the result looks different from the pattern: the beads are simply not square.