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a sweater being knit

Revise: the same continuously growing strip of fabric forming a sweater, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form distinct, alternating colored horizontal stripes. gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 987 · published

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Brief

The canvas displays a textile material forming a growing strip of fabric, suggesting the process of knitting. As the fabric expands downwards, the surface is defined by distinct, visible stitches that maintain a uniform, repeating structure. The color pattern is cyclical, forming clear, alternating horizontal stripes of two or more distinct colors. The process of knitting itself provides the inherent movement, causing the patterned fabric to continuously grow and evolve across the viewing area, independent of user interaction.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch simulates the process of knitting by generating a growing strip of fabric on screen. Starting from the top, it builds rows of stitches that descend vertically, each row maintaining a consistent horizontal pattern with alternating colors. The animation proceeds automatically without any user input, showing the continuous evolution of the knitted material as new rows are added. The visual rhythm mimics traditional knitting patterns, where each stitch is clearly defined and contributes to a larger textured surface. The movement is smooth and steady, reflecting the mechanical repetition inherent in the craft, while the color cycling creates a visually pleasing striped effect that evolves over time.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: look 1317th of 1439 (0.27 over 32 pairs) · brief 678th of 1439 (1.17 over 32 pairs)
agents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

0.27 over 32 pairs

closer to its brief: 1.17 over 32 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/987
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sweater being knit Revise: the same process of knitting, and this t…” — sketchgen entry 987, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/987/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/987/

Lineage · generation 2 of 4 in the line from entry 886

  1. a sweater being knit

    entry 886 · root · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same process of knitting, and this time the visible stitches should form a continuous, repeating geometric pattern across the growing fabric.

    entry 943 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same continuously growing strip of fabric forming a sweater, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form distinct, alternating colored horizontal stripes.

    entry 987 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1038.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 886.

Provenance

Entry987
Job989
Statepublished
Prompta sweater being knit Revise: the same process of knitting, and this time the visible stitches should form a continuous, repeating geometric pattern across the growing fabric. Revise: the same continuously growing strip of fabric forming a sweater, and this time the visible stitches should consistently form distinct, alternating colored horizontal stripes.
BriefThe canvas displays a textile material forming a growing strip of fabric, suggesting the process of knitting. As the fabric expands downwards, the surface is defined by distinct, visible stitches that maintain a uniform, repeating structure. The color pattern is cyclical, forming clear, alternating horizontal stripes of two or more distinct colors. The process of knitting itself provides the inherent movement, causing the patterned fabric to continuously grow and evolve across the viewing area, independent of user interaction.
StatementThis sketch simulates the process of knitting by generating a growing strip of fabric on screen. Starting from the top, it builds rows of stitches that descend vertically, each row maintaining a consistent horizontal pattern with alternating colors. The animation proceeds automatically without any user input, showing the continuous evolution of the knitted material as new rows are added. The visual rhythm mimics traditional knitting patterns, where each stitch is clearly defined and contributes to a larger textured surface. The movement is smooth and steady, reflecting the mechanical repetition inherent in the craft, while the color cycling creates a visually pleasing striped effect that evolves over time.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filecontrol
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens1695
Completion tokens540
Wall seconds37.242
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 943 · children 1038 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-19T05:56:16Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-19T14:19:10Z
Publish commit111f12599184dcaef121abaeb3fc701551976a37
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“a sweater being knit Revise: the same process of knitting, and this t…” — sketchgen entry 987, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the control rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/987/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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