math + plastic canvas needlepoint = iGeek

Jan 12, 2009 14:02

I fully own to being a SF geek and a computer geek. I've been a cross-stitch geek for many, many years and thanks to you people am quickly becoming a general-craft geek.

I currently work as a university secretary for the Mathematics & Statistics department. So what happens when I get a hankering to combine my work (ugh) with my hobby (whee)?

Imaginary and Not-So-Imaginary Friends... )

showing off, fast and cheap, beginner project

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jmnstars January 12 2009, 19:23:12 UTC
OMG so cute! I love the imaginary friend up there. Cute stories to go with them! :P Great job!

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sulinpanda January 12 2009, 22:10:53 UTC
Thanks!

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fearful_penguin January 12 2009, 20:52:17 UTC
I love them! I am a math geek and also a craft geek, so I love these! I remember drunkenly trying to explain imaginary numbers to a friend once after a night out... lol :)

I may make some pilows similar to these... they're great!

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sulinpanda January 12 2009, 22:10:40 UTC
Actually, when I made the first one I posted it to cross_stitch and most people who responded actually KNEW that the square root of -1 is an imaginary number, much to the surprise of my department chairman.

I'm making me an Imaginary friend pillow for my office out of a full sheet of 7-ct plastic with chenille yarn. Only I didn't think about 2 things: 1) chenille SHEDS like crazy when pulled through the canvas! argh! and 2) I didn't contrast my colors enough. I'll have to outline the design so it pops out of the background more. Live and learn. I also don't think I'll use the chenille for the whipstitching, either. I'm afraid it'll shed down to the thread, so I'll probably use a regular worsted-weight for that.
But it's reeeaaaaaly soft!

Another instructor wants me to do a cross stitch of the Pi/i conversation that goes "Get Real," "Be Rational."

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jeanineers January 13 2009, 02:01:29 UTC
Testify sister!
I love it when people claim their geekiness.

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fraserette January 16 2009, 13:08:56 UTC
These are awesome!!

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hayden January 17 2009, 17:10:15 UTC
oh man, you just made me want to make periodic table elements with plastic cross stitching!

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sulinpanda January 18 2009, 01:24:28 UTC
Actually, I was going to do that in cross stitch in high school. I got to the basic layout of each square, but never actually DID it...

For Latin class, I did a simple male face profile with the caption "Amator Latinae" (Latin Lover - double meaning) and another text-only, "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" (Always wear (where) underwear (where)." I wonder if the teacher still has them...

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