Useful websites

Knitting History Forum - an international society, open to anyone with an interest in the history of knitting and crochet

Knitting and Crochet Guild (incorporating the Guild of Machine Knitters) (UK)

In The Loop - irregular conference focusing on research into knitting and crochet

Fleece to fashion - Research into the economies and cultures of knitting in modern Scotland, University of Glasgow

Historic Knit - Joyce Meader's website for historic and military knitting

Ravelry - online community of knitters and crocheters, with forums, pattern searching, and project sharing

London Hackspace (UK) - They have a Brother 950i that is up and running with the python scripts to load patterns in. You to can have a go.

Github for the Brother 950i python scripts

K2G2 wiki - Collection of information about electronic knitting machines and lists some of the software and hardware projects.

Adafruit Electro-knit - Becky Stern's introduction to using python scripts with a Brother KH-930e.

Fabienne's blog - Mixing knitting, textile art and hacking.

Andrew Salomone - Knitting art, especially faces on scarves.

img2track - Alternative software to load patterns into a Brother knitting machine

knittington - Alternative software to load patterns into a Brother knitting machine