2007-01-14

avad: (Default)
2007-01-14 01:37 pm

ha pretty good! New Year's Resolutions

In 2007, avaD resolves to...
Get back in contact with some old textiles.
Keep my ai clean.
Overcome my secret fear of connections.
Connect with my inner moominland.
Cut down to ten diatoms a day.
Lose ten handmade things by March.
Get your own New Year's Resolutions:
avad: (Default)
2007-01-14 10:11 pm

Crafty Geometry!

Two great tastes that taste great together. Complex mathematics and crochet!:)

"Geometry teachers usually try to explain the hyperbolic plane via flat models that wildly distort its geometry—making lines look like semicircles, for instance. How, Taimina wondered, could she give her students a feel for hyperbolic geometry's counterintuitive properties? While attending a workshop, the answer came to her: Crochet a piece of hyperbolic fabric...."

tori, Lorenz manifolds, hyperbolic planes and Yarn? ohmY

(thanks [livejournal.com profile] mummimamma)!