Sewing eTextile speaker coils on 11 count Aida cloth.      

  Tools to transfer circuit embroidery patterns. Red, black and silver markers to identify the polarity of the traces and a straight edge to keep everything straight.    

  Copper wire covered with crochet, French ribbon, and guitar strings.      

  I’m glad I tested these gold and silver metallic fashion threads for resistance before I began sewing my eTextile project.     As you can see from the multimeter reading its not conductive.  

Way back in April 2012 I was writing an article on how to weave LEDs into a conductive thread warp. I was frustrated that I couldn’t share the progress on the interwebz. In my tech world I support open source and creative commons. Yet, with media and competitions I have to respect first rights of publication. Its a difficult balancing […]