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Crochet by Degree
here are educational degrees on just
T
about any subject these days, but did
you know that you could get one in
the art of crochet?
In 1983, Pauline Turner started her company
called Crochet Design to provide hard-to-find
crochet items and patterns that were suitable for the
time. Before that, she had run a summer school for
crochet, in which the students sought out new and
innovative things to work on.
She received many requests for workshops and
when Education Authorities began asking how they
could provide crochet at a higher standard than was
available, Pauline decided to pilot the comprehensive
International Diploma in Crochet course, a three-part
crochet distance-learning ‘diploma’, in 1985. After
having completed part one of the course, one would
Former students
be able to teach crochet; moving beyond would give
of Pauline's.
a student the ability to create designs and start a
business based around crochet.
In addition to the full course, Pauline also offers
one-day workshops for anyone with a desire to take
“
In addition to the full course,
crochet to the next level.
Pauline also offers one-day workshops
For more information on the International Degree in
to take crochet to the next level.
Crochet, as well as Pauline's one-day workshops,
”
visit www.crochet.co.uk
One of Daina's
It’s all hyperbole to me
unique hyperbolic
crochet creations.
kay, make that hyperbolic crochet.
O
Latvian-born mathematician Daina
Taimina is also a talented crocheter and
figured out how to incorporate maths
into her craft; hyperbolic crochet was born.
Using her keen sense of maths and crochet skills
she learned while growing up in Latvia, Daina decided
to incorporate the two to create a model of hyperbolic
space, where parallel lines curve away from each other.
Neither mathematicians before her nor computers were
able to visualise the challenging concept, but Daina was
determined to figure it out.
Her family was dubious and prodded her to be more
serious. Serious she was, so armed with a crochet hook
and some yarn, she set out to unravel a mathematical
mystery that has stumped scientists for centuries. Daina
crocheted a chain, then began exponentially increasing
on each row. The lines were still joined together but
began to fold in different directions. She also noticed that
they began to look like things in the natural world, such
as kelp, coral and other sea life. Her models have since
inspired the work of the Hyperbolic Crochet Reef.
Find out more about Daina at www.tinyurl.com/cqt5pe
www.insidecrochet.co.uk
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