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    The hidden binary of knitting could create the toughest gear you’ve ever worn

    Jun 17, 2022 3 minutes
    BY SARAH WELLS

    THE UNRULY STITCH OF A DRAGON FIRST attracted Sabetta Matsumoto to the mathematics of knitting. Unlike the regimented stitches of a sweater that march two-by-two across a textile, the whiskers of this dragon stretched daringly across a lace shawl in a way Matsumoto had never seen before – and she was determined to understand the maths behind it.

    ‘I knit really crazy things, and this was the

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