[Noisebridge-discuss] knot tying? braiding? weaving?

[Dougie]

I have a copy of the Ashley book.  I guess I was asking more into the  
mathematic, theoretical aspects of what people had been talking about  
earlier in the thread.


On Oct 8, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:

> Ashley is the sort of "definitive" source -- someone mentioned it  
> above?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Book-Knots-Clifford/dp/0385040253
>
> Additionally, the Encyclopedia of Knots and Fancy Ropework by  
> Graumont:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Knots-Fancy-Rope-Work/dp/0870330217/ref=pd_sim_b_3
>
> --S
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Dougie <daworley at gmail.com> wrote:
> A sheet bend and boline are a similarly identical knot structure,  
> but utterly different in application and construction.
>
> What books/resources would y'all reccommend on knot theory?
>
> Cheers,
>  - Douglas Worley
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>  
> wrote:
> From a knot theory perspective, for example, a strangle knot and a  
> surgeon's
> knot are the same knot (I can demonstrate this in person, the next  
> time
> someone sees me), but in practice they are wildly different knots with
> different purposes.
>
> I'd like to see this. Those sorts of same-but-really-not situations
> always fascinate me.
>
> Here's a WIG link for ease of scheduling:
> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots
>
> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots/results/mznwyb
> http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/knots/edit/mznwyb
>
> - Sai
> _______________________________________________
> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
>
>
> -- 
> Shannon Lee
> (503) 539-3700
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20091008/27faa8a4/attachment-0003.html>