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I am a retired high school mathematics teacher who has quilted mathematical ideas for over 20 years. Currently, I am working on a quilt called Pascal's Pumpkin. I was totally excited by "Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls: Spirals of triangles crinkle crin·kle  
v. crin·kled, crin·kling, crin·kles

v.intr.
1. To form wrinkles or ripples.

2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle.

v.tr.
To cause to crinkle.
 into intricate structures" (SN: 10/21/06,p. 266) and begaa to think about quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers  some spidrons! ELAINE ELLISON, WEST LAFAYETTE West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. , IND.
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Ellison, Elaine
Publication:Science News
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Dec 16, 2006
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