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"The topology of a knitted [/crocheted] fabric is relatively complex. Unlike woven fabrics, where strands usually run straight horizontally and vertically, yarn that has been knitted follows a loopy path along its row, as with the red strand in the diagram at left, in which the loops of one row have all been pulled through the loops of the row below it.
Because there is no single straight line of yarn anywhere in the pattern, a knitted [/crocheted] piece can stretch in all directions. This elasticity is unavailable from woven fabrics, which only stretch along the bias. Many modern stretchy garments, even as they rely on elastic synthetic materials for some stretch, also achieve at least some of their stretch through knitted patterns."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting
http://khayos.stumbleupon.com/tag/mathematics/
Exhibtion MAD Museum
.: gisela 11:35 PM
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