knitting with LEDs

Has anyone tried knitting something and embedding LEDs in it? The
kind of thing that is in some kid's sneakers and makes them light up.
I'm thinking of a winter hat, perhaps--for my grandson.

Janet

On Nov 6, 10:44*pm, janet wrote:
Has anyone tried knitting something and embedding LEDs in it? *The
kind of thing that is in some kid's sneakers and makes them light up.
I'm thinking of a winter hat, perhaps--for my grandson.

Janet

Sorry what is /are Led ???????
mirjam

On Nov 6, 11:09*pm, wrote:
On Nov 6, 10:44*pm, janet wrote:

Has anyone tried knitting something and embedding LEDs in it? *The
kind of thing that is in some kid's sneakers and makes them light up.
I'm thinking of a winter hat, perhaps--for my grandson.

Janet

Sorry what is */are Led ???????
mirjam

LEDs are those tiny lights that take very little power. Some kid's
sneakers have them and they twinkle when the kid walks around. You
need conductive thread and would have to put a tiny battery
somewhere. It may still be too expensive, I just don't know.

Janet

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Has anyone tried knitting something and embedding LEDs in it? The
kind of thing that is in some kid's sneakers and makes them light up.
I'm thinking of a winter hat, perhaps--for my grandson.

Janet

You can buy LED kits to add to hats, shirts, sweat suits, etc. I would buy
a kit and see if you can work around the cording (which is quite thin) Make
sure you buy a kit that works on a battery that can be replaced (think watch
battery) the other type just stops working and your hat (or what ever you
make) will no longer twinkle. You can always add the LED's after the
knitting is finished, the lights should poke right through w/o a problem and
you can stitch the cords in place.

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On Nov 6, 10:44*pm, janet wrote:
Has anyone tried knitting something and embedding LEDs in
it? *The kind of thing that is in some kid's sneakers and
makes them light up. I'm thinking of a winter hat,
perhaps--for my grandson.

Sorry what is /are Led ???????

Mirjam, LEDs are Light Emitting Diodes, very tiny electric
lights.

Janet, have you looked up on Craftzine to see if anyone has
knitting ideas? i know there are LED sewn clothing ideas on
the http://www.craftzine.com/

lee
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Thank you to all who explained it ,,, should be good for crossing
streets in dark winter evenings.
mirjam

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Thank you to all who explained it ,,, should be good for crossing
streets in dark winter evenings.
mirjam

The great thing about LEDs is that they don't emit a lot of heat.
We've got several emergency lights that used LEDs. Two are connected to
the mains electricity supply and come on as soon as the mains fails then
go off when the mains returns. The other two are portable lanterns
powered either by 12v car battery or by a "wind up" handle that provides
about 30 mins light for about a minute of winding. We've also got a
small "wind up" radio for emergencies - we call it the clockwork radio g
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK

On Nov 10, 12:58*pm, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
wrote:
wrote:
Thank you to all who explained it ,,, should be good for crossing
streets in dark winter evenings.
mirjam

The great thing about LEDs is that they don't emit a lot of heat.
We've got several emergency lights that used LEDs. Two are connected to
the mains electricity supply and come on as soon as the mains fails then
go off when the mains returns. The other two are portable lanterns
powered either by 12v car battery or by a "wind up" handle that provides
about 30 mins light for about a minute of winding. We've also got a
small "wind up" radio for emergencies - we call it the clockwork radio g
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK

That is interesting i have a tiny `Press` hand lantern , but never saw
a `wind up radio`, would you have a site or a commercial name for such
a radio i am very curious.
mirjam

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That is interesting i have a tiny `Press` hand lantern , but never saw
a `wind up radio`, would you have a site or a commercial name for such
a radio i am very curious.
mirjam

Here are a few websites for you Miriam, I found them using Google to
search for "windup radio". Some of the websites have radios that are
solar-powered as well as wind-up.
http://www.ecohamster.co.uk/index.php?cPath=197
http://www.windup-products.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=2
http://store.sundancesolar.com/freyamsowira1.html
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I
ordered French Toast during the Renaissance." (Peter Kay)

On Nov 13, 10:54*am, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
wrote:
wrote:
That is interesting i have a tiny `Press` hand lantern , but never saw
a `wind up radio`, would you have a site or a commercial name for such
a radio i am very curious.
mirjam

Here are a few websites for you Miriam, I found them using Google to
search for "windup radio". Some of the websites have radios that are
solar-powered as well as wind-up.
http://www.ecohamster.co.uk/index.php?cPath=197
http://www.windup-products.com/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=2
http://store.sundancesolar.com/freyamsowira1.html
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I
ordered French Toast during the Renaissance." (Peter Kay)

Thank you Bruce , [ps please do spell my name as it should be
spelled!!!]
i was out and away all morning so now i may find it ...
mirjam