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I'm a techie programmer - and I knit. Some days I think, knitting is a whole lot like programming, and it can be paralleled with applied mathematics.
We don't always like the math part.
But it doesn't have to scare us - let's have some fun, and really understand this process - it's pretty amazing what two needles and yarn can do! And - if we think about it, it's like visual geometry, created line by line, point by point, in front of our eyes.
Yarn
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Links Online
- The Knitting Fiend
- Some unique calculators here for the more average problems in knitting - sleeves, yarn conversions and a few other neato functions here.
- Socks 101 Sock Formula
- Where I personally learned to knit socks -- invaluable step-by-step pictures and also a nice formula for working out different yarns and sizes. I still find trial and error the most useful method, but Socks 101 is where my sockmaking experience began!
- The Purl Bee Does Math
- The Purl Bee blog describes what it means to cast on in multiples, and how to adjust the number of stitches in your row.
- Remembering Elizabeth Zimmerman
- A great article about the innovative knitting designer and teacher. (creator of the famous Pie Are Square shawl and countless uniquely-shaped 'thinking' patterns)
- Triangular Shawl knitting formulas
- Midnight Knitter's Math. I got really frustrated one night - and these are my own formulas for knitting up a triangle shawl (to specified size) on a circular needle.
This really hurt some of my reader's brains - be warned! - Yarn substitution
- A little article, has some formulas in it.
- Knit like a Man does Knitting Math
- In this blog post, David Demchuk does some knitting math to solve the problem of knitting his socks to a different size than the pattern was meant for. A problem all sock knitters, I'm sure (me included) have come upon! One of his friends made a Python script to help him out too (linked) oh my fluttering heart!
Are there Books about This?
or maybe even some software
Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 01/03/2010) 
Teach Yourself Visually Knitting Design: Working from a Master Pattern to Fashion Your Own Knits (Teach Yourself Visually)
Amazon Price: $21.36 (as of 01/03/2010)
Zen And The Art Of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity
Amazon Price: $8.76 (as of 01/03/2010)
Knitting Around
Amazon Price: $28.00 (as of 01/03/2010)
Confessions of a Knitting Heretic
Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 01/03/2010)
New Flickr Pictures
Yarn for Weasley, and how to cut my shower curtain fabric.
Knitting Patterns
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