The paper isn't up yet, but Disney has a paper at SIGGRAPH this year on a DSL and compiler for controlling knitting machines: http://s2016.siggraph.org/technic

The paper isn't up yet, but Disney has a paper at SIGGRAPH this year on a DSL and compiler for controlling knitting machines: http://s2016.siggraph.org/technical-papers/sessions/cloth http://s2016.siggraph.org/technical-papers/sessions/cloth Unlike most additive manufacturing, knitting is an area where industrial-standard machine technology used for much of the fabric you already wear is very advanced, but computational technology for driving it in nontrivial ways seems to be the main limiting factor in realizing this potential.