Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects
by Carolyn Yackel
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This book is deadly serious. If you're interested in Mandelbrot sets, Möbius strips, Diophantine equations, or you've ever wondered how ssk k2tog k2 yo translates into a x/y axis, you've found your new favorite book. Making Mathematics with Needlework is set up like a textbook, each chapter starts with an overview and then throughly explores the mathematics involved (equations included) before incorporating a needlework project. (quilting, knitting, embroidery, ect.) If you're anything like me,...more
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I have zero needlework experience and didn't take math past calculus-- I love this book. I had no idea that playing with paper Mobius bands could be so much fun. Let your sweater be a system with variants.
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Read in April, 2008
Just honestly the best way to put me in a nutshell.
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