Testing Metal Clad Thread from Syscom with my new crochet hook.    

  The best sounding eTextile speaker design has been a coil of conductive thread glued to a silk disc. So far that is….    

  Using my Nexus 5 and a travel speaker circuitboard to test three different eTextile speaker options.    

  Using a double ended beading needle feed conductive thread thru yellow metallic seed beads to create an eTextile speaker coil which works with an MP3 player.     Coil the beaded thread to create a speaker.     Hack a circuit from a mini travel speaker, remove the speaker, and connect the eTextile speaker with alligator clips.     […]

  Crochet yarn around 18 gauge aluminum wire, wind it into a coil, and using the same yarn stitch the coil together.      

  Winding conductive thread in a coil to create an eTextile speaker on a black light reactive hand-painted silk disc.    

  Nine conductive thread speaker coil sampler pressed and ready to frame.    

  Sewing bobbins of Silverell, Stainless Steel, and Mitsifuju conductive thread.  

  While cleaning up the studio I found a conductive thread sampler from 2008.     The 235/34 2 ply thread was the only one that I would recommend sewing eTextiles with.     Before purchasing I recommend testing a sample of this thread from their current manufacturing stock to be sure it is will being produced with the same […]

  3 ply Stainless Steel Conductive Thread on a 75 yard Spool.