Stitchlily (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... The Curly Whirly Not hyperbolic, but there was a lot of math involved in writing up this pattern!! Margaret Wertheim had said in the workshop, to try and think vertical, while making coral for the Irish Reef. So I made these. I plan on decorating them with a bit of fluffy, or maybe some mini-hyperbolics to add to the top. In the pattern I have written up the theory behind the twist,...
Aran Brew (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
There are rare occasions in ones life when you hear an idea that gets you inspired and excited and gets your brain firing on all it's cylinders. For me Saturday was such a day. Margaret Wertheim of The Institute for Figuring gave a talk at the Science Gallery in Dublin about her work and the possibility of setting up an Irish Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef. I've talked about the crochet...
Stitchlily (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The train ticket is booked, and the bag is packed for a fun fibre-filled day in Dublin tomorrow. Over 4 hours of crochet on the train up, an hour for coffee and chat with fellow Ravelrs, then 3 hours in a crochet workshop on Hyperbolic Crochet with Margaret Wertheim in the Science Gallery , then probably another coffee, then if there's time, an exhibition on Japanese textiles in the...
