{"id":18294,"date":"2013-02-26T23:53:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T03:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2021-09-11T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T17:25:55","slug":"prime-factorization-progress-to-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=18294","title":{"rendered":"Prime Factorization Progress – To 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve already posted several times about my Prime Factorization Knitting<\/a>, and I can’t resist posting pictures every time I get another row of numbers done on my new niece’s Prime Factorization Blanket.<\/p>\n

You can get more detail of how it works in the earlier posts, but basically each prime number gets a color, and each number gets a square divided into the colors for the factors of that number. I’ve finished up to 39. (I’m not putting an exclamation mark after that statement, since I haven’t gotten to 39 factorial.) Here’s how the blanket looks so far:<\/p>\n

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And here’s a close-up on each side, with the numbers written in. You’ll have to figure out the factors. And I can assure you that it’s a lot easier to tell when there are two or three (or four or five) of the same factors in one number when you can see and feel the blanket. I divided it with garter ridges, and the photo couldn’t really catch that.<\/p>\n

Here’s the left half:<\/p>\n

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And the right half:<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that you can get your very own Prime Factorization T-shirt<\/a> at my Cafe Press shop for a lot less effort than this blanket is taking (but okay, you won’t have as much fun as I’m having). I took it to a Youth Services Librarian meeting today, and only the unwary asked what it was going to be. I must admit, it’s a lot better for knitting during meetings when I’m on one of the white rows.<\/p>\n

Will I finish before Baby’s arrival in May? I hope I will at least be close….<\/p>\n

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