Fiber arts and Mathematics

"Have you ever wanted to explore the symmetries of the cube and octahedron through an old Japanese art form? Or to investigate fractals using tatting and string art? Or to study the helix by knitting bed socks?" Plus magazine has a review of a book called Crafting by Concepts.

When I saw that, it reminded me of this TED talk from 2009 involving coral, crochet, and hyperbolic geometry.

And writing this post reminded me of the old favorites, Klein Bottle Hat (and Mobius Scarf!)

An interesting essay and a comic.

I found something interesting on Reddit today, which is somewhat connected to the content of yesterday's posting. Here is an essay by a teacher and mathematician arguing that math education is too focused on notation and formulas instead of teaching kids about the art of discovering elegant numerical patterns and relationships. He suggests that mathematics should be art and play.

Also, here is the math subreddit.