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The Physics of Knitting
Cosmos Magazine ^ | June, 2018 | Phil Dooley

Posted on 07/12/2018 4:23:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

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Oh, Man! I HATE when I'm flying somewhere and my yarn gets tangled up in an aeroplane engine turbine!

Save Us, Sully! ;)

1 posted on 07/12/2018 4:23:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Interesting that knit material has not been studied in this fashion before.

Kool!

Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 07/12/2018 4:27:10 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

But just pull one little string and it all unravels.


3 posted on 07/12/2018 4:34:30 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My mom could knit like a mofo she could knit smoke and drink and watch Red Skelton and still catch me teasing my twin sister


4 posted on 07/12/2018 4:35:08 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Scientists thoroughly understand Global Warming, and know exactly how much the seas will rise in 100 years.

And, oh yeah, we’re also beginning to understand that “knitting” stuff too ...


5 posted on 07/12/2018 4:35:24 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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During the industrial revolution, different types of complex knitting machines were invented for socks, underwear, just about everything. Then they came up with a home knitting machine, but I didn’t persist to get the hang of it. I prefer to knit by hand but need instructions or diagrams. Some people can just cast on some stitches and make about anything on the fly.


6 posted on 07/12/2018 4:40:14 PM PDT by Aliska
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Haha.. God bless her! They don’t make moms like they used to!


7 posted on 07/12/2018 4:46:28 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and persue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for reminding me to start my Christmas gifts! Heh.


8 posted on 07/12/2018 4:48:08 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and persue it steadily." -GW)
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Bendiness? Is that the new scientific term for flexibility?


9 posted on 07/12/2018 5:06:38 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Don’t cast your pearls before the turbine.


10 posted on 07/12/2018 5:07:35 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Last week: why do water drops make a sound when they land?
This week: why is fabric knitted from stiff fibers stretchy?
Next week? The suspense is killing me.


11 posted on 07/12/2018 5:27:26 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I love it when scientists try to explain what Grandma knew without words. It kills me when I go into an art museum and see a painting of a color pattern that sold for $ millions, then walk into a quilt shop and see an incredibly complex design that sells for a couple of hundred.

Somebody smart once said, "Does the ornithologist teach the bird to sing?"

12 posted on 07/12/2018 5:53:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law." --Abraham Lincoln)
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I prefer to knit by hand but need instructions or diagrams.

Because the real, underlying kick to knitting or sewing is that you get to stab things with sharp needles over and over and over! and no one gets hurt! Great stress reliever at the end of the day.

13 posted on 07/12/2018 5:55:49 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law." --Abraham Lincoln)
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Very clever! But it should be ‘purls.’ ;)


14 posted on 07/12/2018 5:58:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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I was doing some Thrift-Store shopping today - there is SO MUCH Christmas cr@p out there, that our local shop has started to have ‘Christmas in July.’ Saints Preserve Us! ;)

But I know what you mean - if I don’t have my Christmas Gifts bought or made by October, I’m being a slacker! :)


15 posted on 07/12/2018 6:01:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Heh. It starts earlier each year.


16 posted on 07/12/2018 6:04:25 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and persue it steadily." -GW)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Next week? The sound of one needle knitting. *SMIRK*


17 posted on 07/12/2018 6:04:39 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

My family has gone two ways - once the Grandkids were all surly teens, we adults decided that we would NOT give gifts among extended family members. I mean, there were 13 Grandkids, and then 2 (or more with Steps and Ex’s) adults per kid, so it was just ridiculous.

Anyhow, each family threw $50 in the kitty and then those of us that wanted to would give a little talk about which Charity our cash would go to that year. (Between us, we had $1K to donate!)

We donated to Juvenile Diabetes the year one of the Grandkids was diagnosed. We built a well in Africa. We gave to The Wounded Warriors and one year to the very rural Nursing Home where one of the SILs worked and they needed basic supplies - like TP and tissues!

My immediate family has gone ALL consumables (food, candles, personal care items) or Gift Cards. No one needs more, ‘stuff’ in our family.

Besides, when one of us dies, we get back all the previous JUNK we’ve given one another through the years, LOL!

God Bless Us, Every One! :)


18 posted on 07/12/2018 6:11:54 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Mr. RightField tells people that I knit so I don’t kill people.


19 posted on 07/12/2018 6:26:02 PM PDT by RightField
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

Thanks i miss her


20 posted on 07/12/2018 6:56:30 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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