Hyperbolically Speaking

How exciting! The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project that I saw in Chicago is coming to New York! Read about it in the New York Times. Or go to the source, The Institute for Figuring.

I bought the latest issue of Craft magazine just for the article on Hyperbolic Baby Pants (hyperbolic pants being one of the permutations of hyperbolic crochet). Of course it should be baby pants!

Can't wait to try more of this myself.

Hyperbolic pseudosphere

According to The Institute for Figuring, this is a pseudosphere - "the hyperbolic equivalent of a cone... constructed by starting from a single stitch and crocheting out in a spiral pattern." My rate of increase was two to every stitch. It grows fast!


I made a similar piece for my friend Elliott that I think his cats really dig, but I didn't know it had such a fancy name. I just thought it was a fun design. I added the shell that attaches to the center, or start, of the crenellated green piece. It, the peach/pink part, begins as a narrow cone that expands and envelopes the model when flipped inside out. Or, it can act as a flat base for the green part to rest on.


I like crochet that changes and is meant to be touched - crochet that you can manipulate and offers surprises.