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TOPOLOGICAL FIGURES, OR NOBLE SHAPES by Lucinda Cook

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 Topological Figures, Or Noble Shapes /p> In the photos above I am holding this Cook Twist Ring at the same spot! The second photo is a quarter turn to the left. Below is the same Cook Twist, with three rounds of blue added along the one continuous edge.  It is a topological figure with only one side and one edge.  It has only one core gap hole, but effectively and visually it has two core gap holes. My arm is going through the same hole as the hole hanging off the side. Impossible? True. It is an actual topological object. If you search "Topological Figures" on a search engine, all you will see is computer-generated images of imaginary topological objects.  So quantum physicists typically use one-D to draw, represent, and understand an object that is 4- or 5-D.  Hmm, is there something amiss there? How much easier would their comprehension be if they actually got their hands on real 4- or 5-D objects? Or better yet, grew one from scratch themselves? I call Topological fig

COOK TWIST, AND MORE COOK-MOBIUS CROCHET?

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  Cook Twist                A Cook Twist.  One side, one edge, one core-gap hole, but two effective holes!  A topoligical figure. All photos copywrite by author, Lucinda Cook. To see more photos, use the link above. The Mobicorikon, (a manual for crocheting symmetrical four-dimensional objects with the Cook-Mobius Method) has moved to a new place.  You can find, and listen to, my uncensored and continuing blog now by using the link above, Cook Twist. Lucinda Cook 30 Dec 2022

BEGINNER'S CROCHET 1. HOW TO: CHAIN, TURN AND STITCH ROW ZERO ON ONE SIDE OF THE CHAIN

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 BEGINNER'S CROCHET HOW TO:  CHAIN AND STITCH ROW ZERO ON ONE SIDE OF THE CHAIN I recommend you use a 4mm or 5mm crochet hook and 2 or 3-ply yarn.   KNOTTED LOOP Knot a Fixed gap onto your hook CHAIN Chain your chain with Chain Stitch CHAIN STITCH YOU HAVE A KNOTTED LOOP ON THE HOOK 1. Wrap a bar of string around your hook and secure it under the hook tip 2.  Let the loop on the hook slide up the hook towards the tip 3.  Slide that loop on the hook over the hooked bar of string and off into the air.  You have a new loop on the hook. 4.  Slide the new loop down to the middle of your hook and relax. 2.  Let the loop-on-the-hook slide up the hook towards the tip 3.  Slide that loop-on-the-hook over the hooked bar of string  and off into the air Above.  Chain One complete, you have a new loop-on-the-hook Congratulations.  You have performed your first chain stitch.  Chain one is complete. CHAIN TWO 1.  Repeat the steps of Chain one in exactly the same manner.  You will have a new loop