Knitting Nature
Author: Norah Gaughan
Did you know that a fractal, a geometric representation of a mathematical equation, can also be found in the branches of a fern? Or that a hexagon is one of nature's most efficient and stable packing shapes? (Think of a honeycomb.) Or that these concepts can be beautifully portrayed in handknitting?
In Knitting Nature, Norah Gaughan—one of the most innovative and respected handknit designers working today—blends the natural and artistic worlds together with 39 sttmning, fun-to-knit designs for women, men, and children. Here the masterful Gaughan shares dear explanations of intriguing natural phenomena along with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for the unique projects they inspired.
Among the fascinating and fashionable designs are a skirt patterned after the hexagonal "scales" nature has used to cover a domed turtle's shell, a tank top with leaves that grow the same way they do on a stem, mittens that illustrate the spiraling waves caused by chemical reactions, a pullover that mimics bubbles nestling together in sea foam, a jacket whose collar grows in a spiral—much the same way a ram's horn does—and a scarf that playfully imitates a never-ending mathematical equation.
Complete with exquisite photographs by Thayer Allyson Gowdy, this ground-breaking book proves that science and art have more in common than you probably ever imagined.
