Rainbows and circles for Barbie (and more). This is the latest pattern in the Sum Wear collection. It is a pattern for knitting three dresses, and a shawl. More importantly, it includes a mini-tutorial about knitting circles. The two dresses with long skirts have different tops. One is in garter stitch, the other is stocking …
Month: September 2019
Four Corners
I think you would have to look at this for a very long time to work out what is unusual about the arrangement of squares. Scroll to the bottom of this post if you want to know now In July The Big Internet Math-Off 2019 took place. This was a semi-serious competition to find The …
Sliceforms
More than 25 years ago I met John Sharp at a maths conference and was introduced to Sliceforms. John had written a book which was about to be published and is still in print. I don’t know whether John invented the name Sliceforms. I can’t find any evidence of them existing earlier. On the publisher’s …