Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects
by belcastro; sarah-marieFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-12-12
Publisher(s): TAYLOR & FRANCIS
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Summary
Mathematical craftwork has become extremely popular, and mathematicians and crafters alike are fascinated by the relationship between their crafts. The focus of this book, written for mathematicians, needleworkers, and teachers of mathematics, is on the relationship between mathematics and the fibre arts (including knitting, crocheting, tatting, and quilting). Each chapter starts with an overview of the mathematics and the needlework at a level understandable to both mathematicians and needleworkers, followed by more technical sections discussing the mathematics, how to introduce the mathematics in the classroom through needlework, and how to make the needlework project, including patterns and instructions.
Author Biography
sarah-marie belcastro is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Smith College, Northampton, MA, and co-directs the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (www.hcssim.org). She has a Ph.D in mathematics from the University of Michigan.Carolyn Yackel is an Assistant Professor in the mathematics department at Mercer University, Macon, GA, where she has developed a generaleducation course in mathematics through fiber arts and regularly teaches in the Interdisciplinary Studies program. She has a Ph.D in mathematics from the University of Michigan.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: An Overview of Mathematics and Fiber Arts | p. 1 |
| Welcome! | p. 1 |
| A Short History | p. 1 |
| Fiber Arts and Mathematics Education | p. 2 |
| Current and Future Research | p. 4 |
| Conclusion | p. 7 |
| Quilted Mobius Band | p. 13 |
| Overview | p. 13 |
| Mathematics | p. 17 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 21 |
| How to Make Mobius Quilts | p. 24 |
| Picking Up Stitches and Diophantine Equations | p. 31 |
| Overview | p. 31 |
| Mathematics | p. 34 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 36 |
| How to Make a Bi-Directional Hat | p. 36 |
| The Sierpinski Variations: Self-Similar Crochet | p. 41 |
| Overview | p. 41 |
| Mathematics | p. 41 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 48 |
| How to Make a Sierpinski Shawl | p. 50 |
| Only Two Knit Stitches Can Create a Torus | p. 55 |
| Overview | p. 55 |
| Mathematics | p. 56 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 62 |
| How to Make a Torus | p. 65 |
| Symmetry Patterns in Cross-Stitch | p. 71 |
| Overview | p. 71 |
| Mathematics | p. 75 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 81 |
| How to Make the Symmetries Sampler | p. 83 |
| Socks with Algebraic Structure | p. 91 |
| Overview | p. 91 |
| Mathematics | p. 93 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 98 |
| How to Make Algebraic Socks | p. 100 |
| Fortunatus's Purse | p. 105 |
| Overview | p. 105 |
| Mathematics | p. 106 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 112 |
| How to Make Fortunatus's Purse | p. 114 |
| (K)Not Cables, Braids | p. 119 |
| Overview | p. 119 |
| Mathematics | p. 120 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 125 |
| How to Make a Pillow of Braid Equivalence | p. 127 |
| The Graph Theory of Blackwork Embroidery | p. 137 |
| Overview | p. 137 |
| Mathematics | p. 141 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 148 |
| How to Embroider a Holbeinian Graph | p. 149 |
| Stop Those Pants! | p. 155 |
| Overview | p. 155 |
| Mathematics | p. 158 |
| Teaching Ideas | p. 166 |
| How to Make Hyperbolic Pants | p. 169 |
| About the Contributors | p. 179 |
| Credits | p. 181 |
| Index | p. 183 |
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