A Software Engineer Hacked a Knitting Machine to Make This Stunning Star Map

“The wiggly line in the centre is the equatorial line, and the grey cloud represents the plane of the Milky Way. The Sun, Moon and planets also make an appearance - dating the sky depicted precisely to Friday, August 31 at 6 pm British Summer Time.”

Filed under: really cool. Also I've put at least one of the smaller knitting projects in my queue.