Crocheting a Seifert surface | a math-y crochet project

Hello everyone!

I met Shiying this year and I was amazed at her beautiful crochet pieces! Being a beginner crochet artist myself, I've worked through a few of her designs and learned a lot along the way (though many many failed projects :)). We both thought that more people should learn how to make this beautiful model and thus this video was born.

Here is now the list of things:

- The companion video to this one. A bit more about the math and general crochet principles:    • Knots, Surfaces, and Crochet with Shi...  

- Shiying's instagram is @clay_mushi   / clay_mushi  

- If you need to learn some basic crochet, there are hundreds of sources. This one has all the skills you will need for our project:    • Learn How to Crochet for Absolute Beg...  

Materials

- Worsted weight wool yarn in two colors. (practice yarn: https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/simply... and luxury yarn: https://www.fabulousyarn.com/malabrig...
https://madelinetosh.com/collections/...)

- 4.5 mm size 7 crochet hook: https://www.amazon.com/Clover-1046-Am...

- Split ring stitch markers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

- Temari ball or scrap yarn ball

- Blocking pins or sewing pins: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

- Darning needle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

- Gauge 22 or 20 half hard round copper wire

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0:00 - Intro, pre-reqs, materials
2:45 - Setting up the chain
3:29 - Divide up the chain
4:17 - Constructing the chain graph-- overview
5:43 - Constructing the chain graph-- demo
9:02 - Taking the chain graph off the ball
10:25 - First round -- overview
11:28 - First round -- demo
21:46 - Second round -- overview
24:22 - Stitch increase/decrease
26:39 - Finishing the second round
28:33 - Wire on the boundary -- overview
29:17 - Wire on the boundary -- demo
38:40 - Finished model!
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music: bensound.com