Monday, September 14 - Renato Pinto Reveggino

Theoretical Crochet: A crossroads of graph theory, geometry, and cat toys

"Be cursed with the theoretical knowledge of how to crochet and the hands of a non-crocheter. The general idea is: decompose shape, triangle tessellate!"

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Full Abstract:

In this talk I explain how I got into the hobby, and how I later learned that any crochet pattern can be expressed as a graph. Therefore any appropriate graph can be turned into a crochet pattern. Learn which graphs lead to which shapes when we keep all edges the same length, thereby uncovering the unprecedented utility of the single-stitch crochet. This could also be seen as a study on all surfaces one can build with equilateral triangles. This idea leads to a potentially novel algorithm which may revolutionize the hobby.