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Turning a heel: can knitting contribute to mathematics education?
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: November 14, 2010
Turning a heel when knitting a sock is a big deal for beginning knitters. The Yarn Harlot (Steph Pearl-McPhee: @YarnHarlot) writes in her book “Knitting Rules!“, that: “Turning the heel is a mythic act, one that sock knitters speak of with reverence. Turning the heel is when you, through an incredibly simple but clever series […]
That's mathematics! (by Tom Lehrer)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: November 13, 2010
