Tag: math for crafts

Suggestions for doing math as it relates to handcrafts.

A triangular knitting shawl with large and small stripes of variegated purpley-grey yarn with blips of pale greeny-blue alternating with small and large stripes of variegated pale greeny-blue yarn with occasional blips of green or purpley-grey.

Ocean shawl

Posted on December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve made some more progress on the garter shawl I’m knitting for a family member. The light’s not good today,

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Asymmetry or Symmetry?

Posted on April 23, 2011May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

(This is part of a series of posts on different ways of hiding meaning in your knitting.) Table of Contents:

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figuring the percentage of a circle that’s been made

Posted on February 19, 2010September 20, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Okay, say you’re knitting a doily from the center outward and you know how many rounds the whole doily is.

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