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It's not necessarily 3D in the sense a 3D FDM/SLA printer is, but can do things like tubes and complex forms, which come out with no seams. For example, a whole

It's not necessarily 3D in the sense a 3D FDM/SLA printer is, but can do things like tubes and complex forms, which come out with no seams. For example, a whole t-shirt could be printed that is seamless. There are also more yarn types than you would think, including conductive yarn. Some companies that are using the production-level technology are Warrior Lacrosse ( http://warpforward.com/ http://warpforward.com/ ) and Nike Flyknit shoes ( http://m.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/flyknit-shoes http://m.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/flyknit-shoes ).

vegabook 10y ago
nicely explained. Interesting product.
vegabook 10y ago
Just a question. I have gone to your site www.kniterate.com, and the image very clearly has a bunch of garments with seams in them, and if I am honest, they do not look revolutionary at all. Please could you comment on this fact? Is this a non-representative stock image? I am very intrigued by your idea of, for example, the seamless t-shirt but the (admittedly single) image on your site does not do this pitch justice. Please prove me wrong. By the way, I am assuming that you are affiliated with kniterate, given that your profile on Hacker News is new.
- anmorgan 10y ago
  I'm actually not affiliated with Kniterate, but I do work at a product design firm and we have a production 3D/Digital knitting machine from Stoll, one of the smaller units seen here: http://stoll.com/stoll-produkte/2_1 http://stoll.com/stoll-produkte/2_1 I can't speak for Kniterate, but by just looking at their machine, it doesn't seem to be large enough to do a whole shirt. If you take a look at the production machines, like Stoll's, they are much larger/wider/have more needles and are capable of doing a whole garment. And I would agree, that first image of sweaters on their website look like regular sweaters, but still could have been made piece by piece and sewn together.

vegabook 10y ago

nicely explained. Interesting product.

vegabook 10y ago

Just a question. I have gone to your site www.kniterate.com, and the image very clearly has a bunch of garments with seams in them, and if I am honest, they do not look revolutionary at all. Please could you comment on this fact? Is this a non-representative stock image? I am very intrigued by your idea of, for example, the seamless t-shirt but the (admittedly single) image on your site does not do this pitch justice. Please prove me wrong. By the way, I am assuming that you are affiliated with kniterate, given that your profile on Hacker News is new.

anmorgan 10y ago
I'm actually not affiliated with Kniterate, but I do work at a product design firm and we have a production 3D/Digital knitting machine from Stoll, one of the smaller units seen here: http://stoll.com/stoll-produkte/2_1 http://stoll.com/stoll-produkte/2_1 I can't speak for Kniterate, but by just looking at their machine, it doesn't seem to be large enough to do a whole shirt. If you take a look at the production machines, like Stoll's, they are much larger/wider/have more needles and are capable of doing a whole garment. And I would agree, that first image of sweaters on their website look like regular sweaters, but still could have been made piece by piece and sewn together.