Teal Guidici
Enrollment: complete form: http://goo.gl/forms/mQCbk61E0w
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Looking to spread your love of mathematics through the soft power of hand knits? Wish you had squishy, approachable models of mathematical objects for classroom purposes? Or perhaps regular knitting patterns just aren’t…..mathy enough for you.
Whatever the case, these classes in mathematical knitting will help you achieve your mathy and/or knitterly dreams.
Session 1 will cover the construction of hyperbolic planes and Moebius strips, while in Session 2 we will discuss knitting patterns based on fractals, numerical sequences and, time permitting, space-filling curves.
These classes will be suitable for all levels of knitting experience, provided experience >0.
Update: Class is at capacity, but you can sign up to be included in email list for course materials
Please fill out the following form to register for the class or to be put on the wait list: http://goo.gl/forms/mQCbk61E0w . An email confirmation of enrollment or waitlist status will be sent in a moderately timely manner, as will a materials list. Instructor can be reached at teal_morgan@alum.mit.edu if you have questions about either session.
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Teal Guidici, teal_morgan@alum.mit.edu
| Jan/26 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | 4-253 |
Things that won't lay flat: Moebius strips and hyperbolic planes. Tired of knitting scarves with two sides? Longing for your knitting to break free from Euclidean constraints? Or just ready for a knitting challenge?
Then this knitting class is for you! We'll cover the basics of knitting Moebius strips and hyperbolic planes. Additionally we'll discuss how stitch patterns can be adapted to yield a non-Euclidean surface.
| Jan/28 | Thu | 04:00PM-07:00PM | 4-253 |
Color and nothingness: Mandelbrot, Fibonacci, Peano. Have a passion for lace, but bored with knitting feathers, fans or flowers? Is your color work lacking self-similarity? In this class we'll look at patterns based on the Fibonacci sequence and Sierpinski's triangle. We'll also discuss how to use color work and lace knitting techniques to
create a pattern based on a fractal, numerical series or space filling curve.