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3 June 2004

mathematical knitting. knitted blankets that get into the science museum.

among my favourites are

square deal,

curve of pursuit,

counting pane (a neat representation of prime numbers if ever i saw one),

double vision and

fibre-nacci. they make me want to run off and design my own pretty mathematical blankets.

[found via my mum, who knows exactly how to distract me from work in the afternoon.]

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🌊Spent a fab few days with the offspring returning them (more or less) to their uni life.

🏖️It’s still nice enough to work in the garden, I even had to retrieve the parasol from the shed.

🍓 I ate what was probably the last home grown strawberry of the summer and it was the most delicious.

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