[HN Gopher] ThreadPlotter - toolkit for punch needle embroidery ...
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       ThreadPlotter - toolkit for punch needle embroidery with X-Y
       plotters (2020)
        
       Author : matthberg
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2024-08-16 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | dsp_person wrote:
       | Woah, I may end up trying this on my axidraw v3/a3. I like that
       | the supply list is pretty minimal.
        
         | matthberg wrote:
         | You should check out the rest of the Licia He's work too. She's
         | doing really cool stuff with watercolors and plotters, with a
         | free course on it actively in the works. Unfortunately her site
         | went down some time recently, yet archive.org has it here:
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         | Course:
         | https://web.archive.org/web/20240525172327/https://www.eyeso...
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         | Course GH: https://github.com/LiciaHe/painting_with_plotters
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         | Portfolio:
         | https://web.archive.org/web/20240415055736/https://www.eyeso...
        
       | jasonjayr wrote:
       | ... there's no lock stitch underneath the fabric? if you pull on
       | 1 thread the whole thing comes apart?
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       | I have a Husqvarana Designer Jade 35 Embroidery sewing machine,
       | and the embroidery arm is just that: an x-y plotter/positioner
       | that the computer can synchronize with the timing of the needle
       | stitch.
        
         | matthberg wrote:
         | Yep, seems to be a drawback of the punch needle embroidery
         | technique, though, not just this specific automation of it.
         | From a light skimming of a couple of articles even hand-done
         | work in this style lacks a lock stitch and relies on the
         | friction of the fabric and tightly packed loops.
         | 
         | Though that could make for an interesting ephemeral art piece,
         | particularly paired with generated/algorithmic designs--a
         | plotter that embroiders a piece and then unwinds it once
         | finished, repeating in a loop and accumulating wear and knots
         | and flaws.
        
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