Knitting Nature: 39 Designs Inspired by Patterns in Nature by Norah Gaughan

Knitting Nature is "geek chic" at its most fascinating and beautiful. Pullovers born of a fascination with spirals seen in rams' horns & seashells; a shawl inspired by the atomic structure of quasicrystals; or a man's pullover whose central motif resembles the patterns formed by chemical waves. Explained in friendly, layman's terms, using patterns in physics as inspiration. Sophisticated, classic designs, ready to reproduce following step-by-step instructions.