Leclerc Cowl Knitting Pattern

Sometimes math does things we can’t explain.

One of those things is that pi keeps appearing in seemingly unrelated theories. For example, randomly drop needles onto a grid, such as a tiled floor, and the probability that a needle will cross a line relates directly to pi. It’s called Buffon’s Needle Problem and is an early example of geometric probability.

Pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, is possibly the most well-known concept in mathematics. We hold contests for people to recite this irrational number to the greatest number of digits, and as knitters we use it as a formula for creating circular shawls. We even celebrate “Pi day” on March 14^th (3-14) by eating pies.

And as with Buffon’s Needle Problem, Pi also shows up in quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity, number theory and now, in more than one way, this cowl.

Stats

• Fingering weight
• 10 colors - small amounts of each
• US 2.5 (3 mm) Needles
• 26 sts and 39 rows = 4 in/10 cm

Designed by Mary E. Rose for Knotions Magazine