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A review by jar7709
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
3.0
I want to crochet a hyperbolic plane! So, I ordered this book in the hopes it would help in that quest, as well as give some background and an increased understanding of the relevant mathematics. Mission sort-of accomplished. Yes, there are instructions for crocheting your own example, and yes there's a fair amount of history, but still this book was not quite what I was expecting. The instructions are not written for the basic-knowlege crocheter and are not set out as clearly as I am used to seeing in "project" books. Turns out, this is not a project book...more a ramble of thoughts by the author, a mathematician who came into fiber arts fame through the back door, in a way. It shows. I think this book would have benefited greatly by having a co-author, someone who came out of the fiber art instruction world and could have helped to include more novice - friendly patterning and discussion.
I'm still going to try to make my own hyperbolic plane example, though. I'll let you know how it turns out.
I'm still going to try to make my own hyperbolic plane example, though. I'll let you know how it turns out.