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I read the poem The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The linked site has information about the poem, the poet, and the shell.
My husband studied mathematics and physics and now teaches engineering. I figure he is more qualified to talk about the Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Mean than I am.
Chambered Nautilus Fact Sheet
At one time people thought that shells sailed. Oliver Wendell Homes was a doctor and knew better.
The Golden Mean. Nature's Golden Ratio
The Greeks knew it as The Golden Mean.
or maybe the nautilus is a little bit off? Read here.
Fibonacci Numbers and Nature
Knit One Knit All
Elizabeth Zimmermann's Garter Stitch Designs
Schoolhouse Press 2011
Amazing, charming, wonderful designs, and a gift to all knitters. Highly recommended! (Are you surprised?)
The Chambered Nautilus is a tam that incorporates i-cord. It is great fun to knit. Stay tuned! Wool is Quince & Co Lark in the Glacier colorway. (left over from Estelle Cardigan)
I also mention the Snail Hat in Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann and read some of her thoughts on hats.
I am having a Longaberger Horizon of Hope Online Open House! Enter each day for the Prize Patrol. No purchase required. contact me at PaulasBasketNews@aol.com
Music is The Minstrelsey of Chirk Castle from The Airs of Wales by Cheryl Ann Fulton. www.magnatune.com
Thanks for listening!
Visit Quince & Co for nature inspired yarns made from American wool! Sign up for their free e-newsletter! Thank you, Quince & Co!
Interested in the Knitting Pipeline Retreat March 2-3 2012 in Washington IL (near Peoria)? Send an email to knittingpipeline@aol.com to be on my distribution list.
Welcome New Pipeliners: Tonia, Wiley Kay, and Elaine in MI!
Thank you to all who have given the podcast a 5 star review on iTunes. Thank you to Char P, Cecile (French iTunes) and KristiMT for your wonderful reviews.
Nature Notes
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| Tree Frog that found it's way into our house. We safely escorted him out. |
The Blethering Room
Chambered Nautilus Fact Sheet
At one time people thought that shells sailed. Oliver Wendell Homes was a doctor and knew better.
The Golden Mean. Nature's Golden Ratio
The Greeks knew it as The Golden Mean.
or maybe the nautilus is a little bit off? Read here.
Fibonacci Numbers and Nature
Book Notes
Knit One Knit All
Elizabeth Zimmermann's Garter Stitch Designs
Schoolhouse Press 2011
Amazing, charming, wonderful designs, and a gift to all knitters. Highly recommended! (Are you surprised?)
Needle Notes
The Chambered Nautilus is a tam that incorporates i-cord. It is great fun to knit. Stay tuned! Wool is Quince & Co Lark in the Glacier colorway. (left over from Estelle Cardigan)
I also mention the Snail Hat in Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmermann and read some of her thoughts on hats.
I am having a Longaberger Horizon of Hope Online Open House! Enter each day for the Prize Patrol. No purchase required. contact me at PaulasBasketNews@aol.com
Music is The Minstrelsey of Chirk Castle from The Airs of Wales by Cheryl Ann Fulton. www.magnatune.com
Thanks for listening!
Haste ye back!
6 comments:
Paula,
Thanks so much for the thought provoking poetry, the chance to flex the long unused math portion of my brain and a generally wonderful podcast! I enjoyed hearing your husband's comments as well as your thoughts on Elizabeth's newly published book.
Be well,
Holly
I enjoyed listening to you and your husband so much -- he did a great job, and I hope you'll have him back again . . . perhaps for him to launch his new knitting pattern? : )
After listening, my husband and I had a fun conversation about the Fibonacci Sequence. For years, he's been trying to get me to read the Da Vinci Code. After hearing about my interest in the Fibonacci Sequence, he jumped on it to tell me that it figures rather prominently in the book.
So, after all that, I now have it downloaded, unabridged, from Audible. Maybe I'll actually get around to reading it this summer, while I knit.
Speaking of books, I almost purchased Knit One Knit All when it first appeared, but I told myself that I needed to wait until I put the books I already have to greater use (including Knitting Without Tears).
Nope. Wrong. After listening to you, I now know I need to purchase it as soon as I possibly can. Thanks for the great review.
Wow, another amazing podcast! Educational!
Great podcast Paula! I enjoyed listening to Bob too - I might have enjoyed math more in school if he had been one of my teachers. As it is, I am definitely among the "math-challenged".
Loved your info on the Chambered Nautilus. What a wonderful video too! DH and I are scuba divers and we would love to see one in the wild. It will never happen as we can't go deep enough, but they are so beautiful and interesting.
I bought the new EZ book as soon as it came out and love it.
Barb
I truly enjoyed your husband's participation. His descriptions of mathematical sequences was the best I've ever heard. Be sure to thank him for me (a former engineering librarian) Thank you!
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