We began to write an algorithm that would take a handful of zeros and ones as a seed. The knitting machine then started to clone this sequence of black (zero) and white (one) thread over and over, knitting line by line, back and forth. The result was an even pattern. That was not in our intention however, since merely the only way to see the inner workings of things is when they don’t work the way they’re supposed to. Bugs often expose the mechanic that made it work in the first place.

Therefore we added a new rule to the algorithm: A mathematical risk that would allow a mistake in the process of cloning, by chance turning a zero into a one or vice versa. Mostly it would correct this mistake in time by comparing the previous line to the current one. But sometimes it would have made another mistake in the meantime, therefore referencing an outdated sequence and subsequently make everything worse. The result was a wonderfully mutating pattern with an undeniable coincidental beauty.