A Recursion in Knitting
Susan Goldstine

Proceedings of Bridges 2016: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 395–398
Short Papers

Abstract

A knit shawl design with an unusual stitch pattern inspired an exploration of branched knitting, negative curvature, and Fibonacci recursion. The result is Fibonacci Downpour, a negatively curved knitted mesh that follows a simple recursive pattern. Here, we describe the inspiration for the artwork and the recursion that defines it.

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