In case you’re looking for more complex knitting algorithms, Lucia Liljegren has a list of knitting pattern generators on her Knitting fiend blog. The Knitting Together site has a page describing advances in knitting technology. The manufacturer Shima Seiki has an interview with Masahiro Shima on the quest for ultimate knitwear, the ultimate here being their WHOLEGARMENT 3D seamless knitting technology, simply awe-inspiring stuff.
It would seem that the recent BoingBoing-propagated pastafarianism meme has struck the knitting community hard, the Flying Spaghetti Monster obviously appealing to habituees of the curly yarn…