Comments on: Guest Post: A Mathematician Designs a Pattern http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38 knittin' and learnin', one project at a time Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mr. K http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-2305 Mr. K Tue, 04 May 2010 14:55:02 +0000 http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-2305 Snapdragon: I did wind up knitting it and stuffing it -- it came out slightly grape-shaped, but otherwise I'm really happy with it. I'll see if I can dig up the pattern, get The Knitternaut to photograph it for me, and make a follow-up post. Procrastaknitter: That's a really nice globe! in a lot of ways, it's better than mine, since the continents pop out so nicely. I don't think it's cheating at all -- it's more that you've got the skillset of an artist, whereas I essentially don't. If I were to try to hand-embroider the continents, it definitely wouldn't have looked recognizable. However, what I did was definitely easy for me -- it just took a half-hour of computations, and a night or two of perl programming (an activity to which I'm quite accustomed), and I had myself a pattern that I could easily follow to produce a globe. Just goes to show you how many different ways there are to solve a problem! Snapdragon: I did wind up knitting it and stuffing it — it came out slightly grape-shaped, but otherwise I’m really happy with it. I’ll see if I can dig up the pattern, get The Knitternaut to photograph it for me, and make a follow-up post.

Procrastaknitter: That’s a really nice globe! in a lot of ways, it’s better than mine, since the continents pop out so nicely. I don’t think it’s cheating at all — it’s more that you’ve got the skillset of an artist, whereas I essentially don’t. If I were to try to hand-embroider the continents, it definitely wouldn’t have looked recognizable.

However, what I did was definitely easy for me — it just took a half-hour of computations, and a night or two of perl programming (an activity to which I’m quite accustomed), and I had myself a pattern that I could easily follow to produce a globe. Just goes to show you how many different ways there are to solve a problem!

]]> By: Procrastaknitter http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-2304 Procrastaknitter Mon, 03 May 2010 20:35:09 +0000 http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-2304 here's the globe I knit, a-la-cheaters way-I added the countries using embroidery as I was knitting......http://procrastaknitter.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-project.html here’s the globe I knit, a-la-cheaters way-I added the countries using embroidery as I was knitting……http://procrastaknitter.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-project.html

]]> By: Snapdragon http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1268 Snapdragon Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:58:34 +0000 http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1268 Go for it - longing to see the pattern :) - I'm currently trying to knit one (without the mathematics) Go for it - longing to see the pattern :) - I’m currently trying to knit one (without the mathematics)

]]> By: Deborah http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1219 Deborah Fri, 15 May 2009 21:32:04 +0000 http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1219 I haven't found a pattern, but an actual knitted globe is pictured on the cover of the book "Knitting for Good" by Betsy Greer. Perhaps it can inspire you! I haven’t found a pattern, but an actual knitted globe is pictured on the cover of the book “Knitting for Good” by Betsy Greer. Perhaps it can inspire you!

]]> By: Alana http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1006 Alana Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:44:20 +0000 http://www.knitternaut.com/?p=38#comment-1006 Dude! DUDE! Dude. That's all I've got. Dude! DUDE! Dude.

That’s all I’ve got.

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