Not your Nanna's knitting: My first Lilypad Arduino project

Not your Nana's Knitting: My first Arduino Lilypad project of awesome Kathy Reid / @KathyReid [email_address] KathyReid on GitHub https://github.com/KathyReid/ArduinoLightDetectingScarf

Why?
Avid knitter
Keen coder
Enjoy designing, creating and inventing things
Despise the fashion industry
The climate for rebellion is ripe!

What's needed
Arduino IDE
(I'm running Ubuntu, easy download)
Arduino Lilypad components (fr. Little Bird)
(designed by a girl! Awesome!)
Lilypad Main board
LEDs (I used bright white ones)
Alligator clips for testing
Light sensor

Challenges
Conductive thread too thick to connect more than one LED to the ground petal of the Lilypad Arduino
The way some of the threads were sewn into the knitted scarf caused cross-connections
The components are generally bulky – and look out of place in a knitted openwork scarf – not sure how make it look more aesthetically pleasing

Idea for other projects
Baby clothing that blinks or tweets when baby’s temperature is too high
Scarfs and headwear for cancer patients at high risk of fever – to detect temperatures
Clothing for elderly or dementia patients so that they can easily be found if they wander outside residential facilities

Not your Nanna's knitting: My first Lilypad Arduino project

by Kathy Reid on Jul 11, 2011

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