Mathmatical models for Crochet

The math is beyond me, but the crocheting possibilities are fascinating. These are not your Grandmother's crocheted doilies.

"A hyperbolic plane is a surface in which the space

curves away from itself at every point."

Daina Taimina

Institute for Figuring

Interweave Press article

Then you need to see Rebecca Peapples' Beaded Hyperbolics

There is much more in their Gallery, including an on-going crocheted coral reef.

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It's too early in the day for me to take in this concept, but there is a wealth of design possibilities for beaders, crocheters and especially bead crochet,