While origami will always be my first love, I do have a plethora of other hobbies which keep me entertained from time to time. I have known how to knit and crochet since I was very young (my granny taught me, as many do) but it was only recently that I decided to go a bit deeper and make more than a scarf or basic sampler. The first “real” project I made was Debbie New’s Klein Bottle Hat which called for circular knitting needles – something I never knew existed but am now eternally grateful for! About a year later, around the time I was taking a topology class, I discovered Shiying Dong’s incredible “topological crochet” and after four attempts I finally completed her Saddle Trefoil Knot. By some turn of fate, the lecturer was also into mathematical fibre art (and origami) which was a great source of inspiration, and for now I think that is what I will focus on with this medium.

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