Coral reefs can be crocheted. The atmosphere can be knit. And a stop sign can be folded into a pair of pants. Welcome to the intersection of math and handicraft. Unexpectedly, handicraft in general, ...

One snowy January day, I asked a classroom of college students to tell me the first word that came to mind when they thought about mathematics. The top two words were “calculation” and “equation.” ...

KENOSHA - Few people look at a ball of yarn and a pair of knitting needles and think, well, here's a math problem waiting to be solved. Sara Jensen does. Before she was a mathematician, before she ...

When I asked a room of professional mathematicians the same question, neither of those words were mentioned; instead, they offered phrases like “critical thinking” and “problem-solving.” This is ...

Higher mathematics are hard. Yarn is soft. And in most cases, these two things would remain separated — after all, how could concepts like a pursuit curve or circle ratios possibly relate to making a ...

Knitting can be used to illustrate topology - the study of mathematical properties preserved when an object is twisted, stretched or otherwise "deformed" For some people knitting is an ancient art, ...

Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...

For some people knitting is an ancient art, one they saw their granny do and one, because it takes so much time, that seems to have little relevance for the modern age. But there are growing numbers ...

For some people knitting is an ancient art, one they saw their granny do and one, because it takes so much time, that seems to have little relevance for the modern age. But there are growing numbers ...