Icelandic composer, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Uses Knitting Pattern To Write Music!

Posted by Danielle | Apr 1, 2013 | Beyond Knitting | 0 |

Icelandic composer uses knitting pattern to write score
By Jane Shilling
01 Apr 2013

Not so long ago, knitting was a near-obsolete craft skill, exercised only by doughty aunts. But something stirred in the purlieus of tricot: suddenly, knitting became not just the hobby of chic young urbanites, but an occupation with intellectual heft. Websites sprang up on mathematical knitting (woollythoughts.com). And in 2008, a young Icelandic composer was knitting a shawl when an idea struck her.

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