In order to use Syscom Metal Clad threads on my home sewing machine I had to wind them onto some empty spools.     Super sexy copper, silver, and nickel conductive thread!    

  Testing conductive thread from Syscom Metal Clad Fibers. Sewing a straight stitch with the conductive thread as a top thread to test resistance and learn how smoothly the thread feeds thru the eye of the needle.    

  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.     […]

  I liberated a sound circuit from a mini travel speaker and connected it a conductive thread speaker coil.     Detail of eTextile speaker and magnet.    

  A drop of nail polish on the magnet end acts as an insulator when using it with an eTextile speaker.    

  I have a collection of conductive paint that is sitting on my workbench waiting for a paper computing project to begin!   Circuit Scribe pen from ElectronInks that I purchased at Maker Faire NYC September 2014.       Also on my workbench is Bare Conductive Paint and CUPro from LessEMF.     Time to get to work!  

  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.    

  I found these hand-painted silk discs – perfect for making groovalicious speakers!     Stay tuned…..  

  I purchased a mini travel speaker from Amazon for $7, exposed its guts, and hacked in an eTextile speaker.     Circuit Board         With original speaker connected with alligator clips.     eTextile speaker on 11 count Aida cloth.