Mobius Knitting Links

Mobius Knitting Links

These are some links to websites that discuss knitting from a mathematical perspective. The list is pretty old, so there's no claim of completeness or accuracy.

Interesting Stuff

http://web.meson.org/topology/mobius.html

Excellent discussion of knitted surfaces. This is the best knitting webpage that I know of.
Interesting stuff at the rest of the website.

http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/klein.txt

Knit yourself a Klein bottle.
Transverse and helical strip.

http://www.math.uni.edu/~smbelcas/math-knit.html

Sarah-Marie Belcastro's page.
Photos of strips.
Projective planes and Klein bottles.
Correctly striping a Klein bottle.

http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/doyle/mpls/handouts/node15.html

Helical (Miles Reid) strip.
Geometry center notes by Conway et al.

http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~cjs/patterns/mobius.scarf

Transverse (Elizabeth Zimmerman) and helical (Rita Buchanan) strip.
Combination construction with transverse central strip and helical border.

Not So Interesting Stuff

http://www.anniesfavoritecrochet.com/archives/Oct2000/pdf_files/FreePattern1.pdf

Pattern for making a mobius scarf.

http://www.kniton.com/knitlist/archived/2629.txt

Mailing list archive with two brief messages discussing strips.

http://www.kniton.com/knitlist/archived/2312.txt

Mailing list archive with strip discussion.

http://www.jt-design.com/stephthornton/knitting/bond/list/mobius.htm

Transverse strip.

http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~cjs/patterns/moebius.html

Transverse (Elizabeth Zimmerman/Barbara Walker) strip.

http://www.steffosborne.com/knit/nk-keep.txt

Mailing list archive with details of helical strip.

http://www.junebugsplace.com/mobius.htm

Machine knitted transverse strip.

http://www.yarns-and.com/fabrics/Newsletters/Oct00Newsletter.htm

Knitting newsletter with several machine strips.

Photos of Knitted Mobius Scarves

http://home.steuber.com/sarah/crafts/craft.html
http://home.midsouth.rr.com/akschneider/projects/project03.html
http://www.mountaincolors.com/Pages/scarves.html
http://www.silken-treasures.com/MCscarves.htm

References to Us

http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_7_10_00.html

Ivars Peterson's article on Mobius strips.

http://www.sciencenews.org/20000708/mathtrek.asp

Ivars Peterson's article on Mobius strips.

You've Got to See This One

http://www.pd.org/topos/perforations/perf7/being-blown-apart.html

I'm embarassed to share an interest in Mobius strips with this author.