The second part of a short series exploring the relationship between maths and knitting, all via my professional practice as a knitwear designer.
Knitwear Design and Applied Maths, part 2
Knitwear Design and Applied Maths, part 1
The first part of a short series exploring the relationship between maths and knitting, all via my professional practice as a knitwear designer.
Pattern Writing and Applied Maths: Some words on decreasing, row spacing, and multipliers
How I approach the maths behind shaping to form neck edges, sleeve caps, and any curved edge that requires the knitter to decrease with several changes of pace or rhythm.
Knitwear Design 101: Tessellations and surface pattern design
Translations such as drop repeats and reflections relate to the details, textures or images that make up a pattern. Tessellations refer to the geometric plan of the pattern as a whole.
Programmes and Patterns: Or, What Bugs Us About Knitting
99.9% of the time there will be bugs or glitches somewhere in a knitting pattern. Here are some ways for knitwear designers to manage them.