The pattern was, start at the top peg, then
(1) Skip 0 pegs, and wrap thread around the 1st peg.
(2) Skip 1 peg, and wrap thread around the 2nd peg.
(3) Skip 2 pegs, and wrap thread around the 3rd peg.
(4) Skip 3 pegs, and wrap thread around the 4th peg.
(5) Skip 4 pegs, and wrap thread around the 5th peg.
(6) Skip 5 pegs, and wrap thread around the 6th peg.
(7) Skip 6 pegs, and wrap thread around the 7th peg.
(8) Skip 7 pegs, and wrap thread around the 8th peg.
(9) Skip 8 pegs, and wrap thread around the 9th peg.
(10) Skip 9 pegs, and wrap thread around the 10th peg.
These are the first ten steps. To complete the design, I have to continue on through the 10 steps a total of 21 times. So after I complete the 10 steps once I still have 20 more times to complete the 10 steps, and so on.
A Completed Icosihenagon Line Design
Thanks for a fantastic website! I had some old wooden basket bottoms with 20 pre-drilled holes I was thinking of repurposing for a class art/STEAM project similar to this. I tested it and it works out very similarly, but I guess it's an icosagon? (Obviously I'm not a mathematician, just Googled n' Guessing).
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think it is easier for students experiencing difficulty to complete the 1st round wrapping around every peg, the 2nd round every other peg, the 3rd every 3 pegs, etc. until the center circle is as small as desired. My grandmother used to make ornaments similar to this with family portraits placed in the center.