A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko [Hardcover]

Section I. Getting Started. 1. Background. 2.?Counting: 0, 1, 2. 3.?Loops. Section II. Three Big Ideas. 4. On the Flip Side. 5.?Random Patterns. 6.?Symmetry. Section III. Generating Art. 7.?Codes, Coding and Algorithms. 8.?Snowflakes. 9. Quasiperiodic patterns. 10.?Corners. 11.?Off the grid.?

This book provides readers with instructions for creating hitomezashi items with minimum outlay. The reader is guided through the practical steps involved in creating each design, and then the mathematics which underpins it is explained in a friendly, accessible way.?

A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko provides readers with instructions for creating hitomezashi items with minimum outlay. The reader is guided through the practical steps involved in creating each design, and then the mathematics which underpins it is explained in a friendly, accessible way. This is a fantastic book for anyone who is interested in recreational mathematics and/or fibre arts and can be a useful resource for teaching and learning mathematical concepts in a fun and engaging format.

Features

• Numerous full-colour photographs of hitomezashi stitch patterns which have been mathematically designed
• Suitable for readers of all mathematical levels and backgrounds  no prior knowledge is automatically assumed
• A compressed encoding for recording and designing hitomezashi patterns to be stitched or drawn
• Accessible explanations and explorations of mathematical concepts inherent in, or illustrated by, hitomezashi patterns

Katherine Seaton holds a B. Sc. and Ph. D. in mathematics from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from La Trobe University, both in Australia. For more than 27 years she worked in teaclóú