> I've always believed knitting pattern design is programming. In what sense? My dad is a blacksmith, and his ability to intuitively asses material requirement

> I've always believed knitting pattern design is programming. In what sense? My dad is a blacksmith, and his ability to intuitively asses material requirements, adjust designs to make them feasible, and decompose shapes, far surpasses mine. I guess it's hard for me to see what makes knitting designs any more like programming than any other craft. I'd think that an essential part of programming is exactly that the computer can't "adjust the parameters".