March 01, 2005

tandem.

Sometimes I wonder, am I the only one that ponders about the connection between craft and academics?

Or is it just a complete flight of fancy?

Despite all the different theories I have that may or may not be valid, I still am in awe of the way that even the simplest knitted piece of cloth can hold such a sense of beauty.

Nothing fancy or complicated, just knit one row, purl the next, held up to the light.

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And how amazingly similiar to a generalized plant cell at 200x magnification.

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And sometimes there's nothing more beautiful than simple.

Or maybe I'm just a weirdo for seeing the connection.

Posted by betsy at March 1, 2005 11:37 PM
Comments

do you know about this project:
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/crocheting.php
http://www.theiff.org/lectures/05b.html

Posted by: maddie v.h.s. at March 14, 2005 03:07 AM

or any of these?
http://cerebro.cs.xu.edu/%7Esmbelcas/math-knit.html
you aren't alone...

Posted by: maddie v.h.s. at March 14, 2005 03:15 AM