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So I'm doing a project where I'm training a neural network to generate new knitting patterns. It's going very well. This is "Mystery lace", test-knit by DataSock. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/426-450#442 …pic.twitter.com/Lmt5ipqwIK
I'm training it on a combination of well-behaved swatch patterns from http://stitch-maps.com and a crowdsourced set of socks, tentacles, and unmentionables from http://ravelry.com . And some good sports at Ravelry have been kind enough to test-knit.
This was the first pattern the neural net made. It didn't have a title because the neural net hadn't learned to do titles yet. Test-knit by emmasee100. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/first-training-checkpoint …pic.twitter.com/8iy1c43rh3
Reverss Shawl, test-knit by citikas https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/226-250#241 …pic.twitter.com/cw1I1g1909
I should probably note that I have just as much knitting knowledge as the neural net: that is, none. There are way smarter ways to build a knitting algorithm. Very early on, I realized humor would be my goal. Hence the tentacles in the dataset.
I learned knitters are amazing at debugging, used to fixing all sorts of pattern problems. They took most of the neural net's mistakes in stride. Test-knitting: CorvusAlatus https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/251-275#267 …pic.twitter.com/j2IVS69g2z
The neural net did learn to give the patterns titles. This one's called "Head-Twig". Test-knitting: mathildeknits who said "this one made me grow antlers" https://www.ravelry.com/projects/mathildeknits/ai-weird-weird …pic.twitter.com/Z5usbppVFm
Some of the early patterns had promise. This is "Baby Leaf Lace". Test-knitting: GloriaHanlon and Garpupic.twitter.com/7ZE9Rcg3FQ
"Baby Leaf Lace", combined with "Offting Lace". I am astounded these patterns are knittable. Test-knitting by xamonster https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/326-350#330 …pic.twitter.com/CmPrqpsNBv
"brachiopod 2 with added bed right frame" was knittable except for some weird row numbering. Test-knitting by michaela112358 https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/401-425#407 …pic.twitter.com/u8S3egtsiB
"phloem turn shawl from bunny ears increases" Disappointed people by not actually containing any "bunny ears increases" which are a real thing. Test-knit and mapped on http://stitch-maps.com by geckogirl https://stitch-maps.com/patterns/display/phloem-turn-shawl-from-bunny-ears-increases/ …pic.twitter.com/nyUScH0ypw
![phloem turn shawl from bunny ears increases
row 1 (rs): k1, [yo] twice, k2, ssk, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1.
rows 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10: purl.
row 3: k2, [[yo] twice, k2tog] twice, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1.
row 5: k2, [yo, ssk, k2tog, yo] 7 times, k2.
row 7: k3, k2tog, yo, k3, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2.
row 9: k4, [yo, k2tog] twice, k4.
row 10: k6, k2tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWQxWluUQAAIC7w.jpg)
"Snowing Leaves" Test-knit by DataSock https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/426-450#443 …pic.twitter.com/zaPiRXSGNp
A bit about why knitters are so good at debugging:https://twitter.com/mikamckinnon/status/964325850748403712 …
Knitters are starting to tackle the gnarlier neural net patterns. Here's "tiny baby whale soto", in progress by GloriaHanlon. It's the 1st pattern to specify tentacles. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/426-450#448 …pic.twitter.com/VLxIEMi6UA
![row 1 [rs]: slpwyf, k4, p3, [k4, m1, k1] to last 3 stitches, p2, k3.
row 2 [ws]: k4, [p34, k1] twice, p2.
rows 9 – 31: k to 3 sts before first marker, ssk, k2tog, sm, ssk, k1, turn.
row 18 [mc]: k.
row 22 [mc]: k to 3 sts before next marker, k2tog, sm, ssk, k1, ssk, knit to 3 stitches before next marker, k2tog, sm, ssk, k1, k2tog [3 stitches remain, m1r, slip marker -- 32 sts)
round 21: k
row 26 [rs]: [kfb, k1,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWVEnvHUMAAOOMj.jpg)
"Fancy Addite Rifopshent", test-knit by Chatelaine, who decided to ignore the floating 9th row. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fancy-addite-rifopshent …pic.twitter.com/JYNzjFkHJN
"Monkey #1" This one is so adorable, looks like a trilobite with a tentacle. Test-knit by michaela112358 https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/451-475#464 …pic.twitter.com/SX6hLIGxUU
"Paw Not Pointed 2 Stitch 2", test-knit (after some heroic debugging) by @actualjellyfish . Looks very scifi - I love it! https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/476-500#492 …pic.twitter.com/oGDXyUXDXz
Here's "Paw Not Pointed 2 Stitch 2" test-knit by another knitter, LadyAurian. Difference vs the previous swatch shows the huge influence the human debugging is having. Also note reappearance of creepy faces.pic.twitter.com/cfrW1UQrBd
"Man Leaf Cross", a SkyKnit pattern so messed-up that even the heroic debugging of test-knitter isilzha couldn't save it from becoming whatever the heck this is. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/501-525#515 …pic.twitter.com/vmUV0Wjwls
"Fishcock", test-knit byAlexus1325, who didn't quite expect it to look like this. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/501-525#521 …pic.twitter.com/eMWu1HNKD2
![fishcock
row 1 (rs): *k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, repeat from * to last st, k1.
row 2: p1, *p2tog, yo, p2, repeat from * to last st, k1.
row 3: *[p1, k1] twice, repeat from * to last st, p1.
row 4: *p2, k1, p3, k1, repeat from * to last 2 sts, p2.
row 5: *k1, [yo] twice, k1, repeat from * to last 2 sts, yo, p1, k1 (multiple of 6 sts, plus 5).
row 6: k1, k1, yo, purl to last 3 sts, yo, k3 (23 sts).
row 7: k3, k](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWxBkIHU8AA3koi.jpg)
This is "Lacy 2047", test-knit by michaela112358, who called row 15 "a bit of a head-melter." "This AI pattern lacked the rhythm that you tend to get with a normal pattern." https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/526-550#542 …pic.twitter.com/m93h8r2iQR
"Blätman" as test-knit by MeganAnn, who had to adapt to some missing rows, but was surprised that the other rows matched each other without help. "an elegant and subtle textural pattern with asymmetrical eyelets and a gently scalloped right edge" https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/551-575#559 …pic.twitter.com/q19RnnHUHU
"Blätman" again, but this time MeganAnn omitted the missing rows altogether when she knit the top half. Note the huge difference in texture. Like two kinds of tree bark. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/551-575#560 …pic.twitter.com/YgHIf6h3xQ
Here's another version of "Fishcock" knit this time by BellaG. Note the differences vs the Fishcock earlier in this thread! https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/601-625#606 …pic.twitter.com/v5DpAjpck4
This one's called "aaa", test-knit by farahlizzy who had to do some fancy work to get the rows to line up. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/601-625#607 …pic.twitter.com/MLRULYzjAl
Two gorgeous renditions of "Winder socks" by totesmyname. Top almost as written, bottom with more adaptations. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/601-625#616 …pic.twitter.com/y4mT0EqQDv
"Reverss Shawl" also beautifully test-knit by totesmyname. Bottom swatch is as-written by the neural net. Top is with stray stitches removed so the counts work out. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/601-625 …pic.twitter.com/w70IKXQKB8
"Fancy 6 Wood Lace" as test-knit by totesmyname. "I didn’t expect I’d ever have thought to use the term “unsettling” when describing a swatch, but here we are. Repeating an essentially random stitch pattern produced a sort of uncanny valley effect." https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/626-650#629 …pic.twitter.com/uSNHyfPLX4
"Love Increase Edgcock for Lace Edging", test-knit by MeganAnn. "It was remarkably good at the ending instructions matching the number of stitches it said to leave before working them." https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/626-650#637 …pic.twitter.com/8nWSQvdXHM
This is the rather unassuming "Man Leaf Cross", also test-knit by MeganAnn. "I turned the work at the end of the instructions each row, and chose to interpret the ‘missing’ rows as ‘knit across’." https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3718985/626-650#637 …pic.twitter.com/LB2dbMyMPw
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