Mathematics and embroidery

Finally! Something that's not a haiku! I enjoy writing them, but I don't want them to be the extent of my creative endeavors. So, what have I been working on besides haikus? An embroidery pattern for my poor skirt. This has been an interesting project because I have both aesthetic and mathematical ideas for the form this pattern takes. Because of the mathematical component, I think I'll ultimately turn to writing a program to create the pattern I want. For right now, however, I'm playing around with it on graph paper to get a better feel for it. Here is the result:

Not much so far, but I'm looking forward to working on it some more. Stay tuned!

Wardrobe malfunction ... no, not THAT kind!

A few months ago I made this skirt, and I was very happy with it:

I was also happy with the boots I'm wearing with it in this picture; however, the hard caps on the heels of the boots quickly developed a tendency to fall off. I became increasingly less pleased with them and eventually got new boots. Behold!

These boots hold up much better so far, but you may observe that about halfway up the boot, hooks instead of eyelets are used to hold the laces. I didn't think anything of this feature until I tried to wear the boots with my skirt. The hooks immediately began catching the hem as I walked. This was the result:

However, I have found a solution to this problem: embroider along the skirt's hem. I believe the tighter embroidery stitches will be too small for the hooks to catch, unlike the looser stitch I use for hemming. It will also hold the hem tighter to the side of the skirt, preventing the hooks from getting under the hem. Additionally, it will be pretty! Now, to devise a pattern ...

Coming soon: creating an embroidery pattern, how I make amazing soup, angry drawing, Ariana discovers the nanomachines

My red skirt

Yet again, I apologize if you've seen this before.

This is a skirt I made a while back. If you're interested, I used this pattern.

Work in progress:

Finished product: