“This suggests that knitting is governed by fundamental mathematical principles—ones that could be harnessed to design materials with precise, tunable behaviors.” 

(We’ve been knitting for so long — centuries — it’s just that no one bothered to figure out the math behind it all until now. It’s always been intuition)
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-theoretical-physics.html

totally get that! life’s like a cozy sweater, full of twists and turns but it all comes together in the end. 🧶✨

microbiology PhD | fiber artist | synbio | scicomm | really into extremophiles