Real things that actually exist This is a $9K ball of yarn Rusty Blazenhoff

art Pass the time with Dystopian Future Bingo Thom Dunn

knitting You can knit this badass Wonder Woman shawl Rusty Blazenhoff

makers Father knitted a data viz blanket of his infant's sleep patterns David Pescovitz

History The mystery of brass Roman dodecahedrons Rob Beschizza

art How Susan Kare applied embroidery skills to create the iconic Macintosh icons David Pescovitz

happy mutants Inaugural Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship title goes to Japan's Giga Body Metal Cory Doctorow

futility closet In 1830, Joseph Palmer was persecuted for the social sin of wearing a beard Futility Closet

History A giant wooden model of 1930s San Francisco has been put online Jason Weisberger

AI Neural network cookies Rob Beschizza

Business Facebook's top lobbyist threw Kavanaugh a victory celebration in his home Cory Doctorow

makers Woman knits stellar map as a giant tapestry Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutant This indoor bike can knit a scarf in five minutes: Cyclo-Knitter Rusty Blazenhoff

knit one purl two "Skyknit": Knitting patterns produced by a neural net Clive Thompson

happy mutants An algorithm that converts 3D meshes into machine-knitting patterns Cory Doctorow

fake news Prince Harry’s love child, Trump’s revenge, and Teri Hatcher homeless, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Journalism Oneita Jackson's "Nappy-Headed Negro Syndrome" Jason Weisberger

trends Take off the chill of winter with this giant 'tube scarf' Rusty Blazenhoff

1980s Check out this hand-knit Pac-Man Icelandic peysa Rusty Blazenhoff

fake news Hitler found alive after WWII, and how Donald Trump is misunderstood, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan