Vocabulary: Knitting 针织
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Knitting has become a part of social activities.
For many, knitting evokes images of elderly women weaving woolly jumpers for their grandchildren.
But the craft is undergoing a revival as knitters of all ages are picking up needles and yarns again. For Dr Sarah-Marie Belcastro, knitting is a mathematical challenge rather than about making garments: "Converting a smooth curve into a knitted pattern is a math problem because one has to figure out where exactly to place the discrete changes in curvature (…)" Like Dr Belcastro, many other knitters transform mathematical concepts into intricate patterns to better understand a shape or concept.
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发表于 2016-7-15 00:02:13
