OUR ARCHIVES : December 2009

Fibonacci Rainbow

These last few days have been as long as a piece of yarn what with no schedule or alarm clocks in the morning. I am having an absolute ball exploring the hyperbolic shapes, I have found out what shapes the different rates of increase give, I have played around with yarn and I still am. [...]

Hyperbolic Crochet In Dublin

Stitchlily, our ever alert and accomplished crocheter is yet again completely on the ball. The Irish version of a Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is in the making at the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin on Pearse Street in The Naughton Institute:
A workshop will be held on Saturday October 24th @ 13.00 – 16.00. Tickets [...]

The Hyperbolic Language

I’m a linguist. I am not a mathematician. Not at all. But somehow I have managed to grasp the principle behind the manifestation of hyperbolic shapes – that’s geometry!!! I put it down to the fact that I understand yarn and crochet hooks really well and with a good dollop of help from the very [...]