Throw out your old plastic Dance Dance Revolution mat and take yourself to the future with a miniature crochet DDR pad. TikTok creator kims_threads did just that using her crochet hook, some yarn, conductive thread and an Arduino. They are both extremely cute And functional: she sets it up to connect to a computer to play DDR with her hands. See, if you scale it up with granny squares, you might be able to put together a really functional rug.
Kims_threads followed a tutorial from Popular Science to learn how to make a custom dance mat and used her own crochet skills to make the mat herself. Once the crochet mat was done, she used a needle to weave the conductive thread through the yarn to make it functional. Honestly, it’s genius. We love a woman in VOICE!
Kims_threads sells several crochet patterns in her Etsy shop; if we’re lucky, she’ll upload a pattern for this one so that all the crocheters of the world – namely me – can make our own adorable mini and playable GDR granny.
In addition to DDR, kims_threads has a ton of other cute gaming, entertainment, and tech-related thread crafts: a knitting Animal Crossing: New Horizons bell bag beanie, a hook Tamagotchi tapestry, one worked out Howl’s moving castle balaclavaAnd a sweater with QR code. The possibilities of crocheting and knitting are endless.
Personally, I just started crocheting again this past weekend. Looks like my next project might as well be a GDR rug.