I remember really liking math when I was in High School, then I hit college and calculus, ugh! So I can do most basic math, although the calculator is really handy, without complaints. Most of the math I use is to figure out if I am getting a good buy at the store, so enter the latest pattern I am working on. This pattern is mathematically complex and has a lot going on. And everything is a triangle, so I have hypotenuses (hypoteni?) to calculate, lots of short rows, and extra stitches galore. The calculator, and a spreadsheet, was definitely a must have here.
All these calculations have really bogged down my free time but I think I finally have a grip on all the numbers and feel like everything has come together. I did all the math so you don't have to. I thought that was the real challenge but it turns out that writing the pattern will be the real challenge, how to get all the different numbers to come together and make sense to someone else.
Math really is pretty cool. A random image search lead to a cool idea for a shawl and even with all the number crunching I had to do, I am really pleased with the outcome. The shawl is a spiral that is composed of triangles each knit individually to make a whole. The pattern is simple and complex, with a lovely drape. I think I can also make a couple of modifications and make a lovely scarf from the pattern too.
Now all I need to do is actually wait for all this rainy and cloudy weather to blow through so I can go out and get some nice pictures in some nice light. Stay tuned for some pictures and hopefully a link to a pattern soon.
