Don't get too excited, it was only a prototype.

[artichautka.livejournal.com]

No reason it couldn't have been produced, though, if there had been a market. It's not much of a leap from an early computerized knitting machine to a knitting machine cabled to a game system.

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[whoseline_wlsc]

That would have been pretty neat to have!

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

It's a modern-day Jacquard loom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom)!

Really, it's the same principle, merely updating the information processing technology.

“Modern jacquard looms are controlled by computers in place of the original punched cards…”

[artichautka.livejournal.com]

Yes. There was a generation of home knitting machines that used punch cards, too.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

What, as a pack-in with Metroid?

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

"Mom, why does my Nintendo knitting machine keep knitting me green tunics and long floppy hats?"

[flutterbychild.livejournal.com]

Dude, if they actually were produced I want one!

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Seriously! I like to knit, but I kind of suck at it. I would totally use that!

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

This would have worked better as a stand-alone product. Think about it; the intersection of people who play Nintendo games and people who knit, back on the 80s, was probably not a very large group.

The same thing could have been made as a stand-alone machine that plugs into a TV as a display, and would have likely sold many.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Nowadays there's a ton of crossover between knitting and general geekiness. On Ravelry (a social media/organization site for knitters and crocheters) there's forums for every fandom imaginable, and there's one entire forum devoted to knitting the Fourth Doctor's scarf from Doctor Who.

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

Why does this scream Sheldon Cooper to me?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

This is all kinds of awesome! C'mon, Nintendo, make it so! Hey, why not devise knitting needle accessories for the Wii?