Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?

2013-03-15 Thread sue neff
Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? It must have something to do with two parallel lines. Also: Leyla's video for Christine's Advent

Re: [Origami] Diagram announcement

2013-03-15 Thread Meenakshi Mukerji
I am happy to let you know that my latest single sheet design, Kusumita, is now in Origami USA diagram downloads: http://origamiusa.org/catalog/products/kusumita-pdf Please also find more photos here (first two rows): http://www.origamee.net/creation/onesheet/index.html Forgot to mention

Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?

2013-03-15 Thread Gareth Chen
On Mar 15, 2013 6:09 AM, sue neff neffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? It must have something to do

[Origami] Origami sighting -- NY Times Magazine

2013-03-15 Thread Karen Reeds
New York Times Magazine The Allergy Buster Can a Radical New Treatment Save Children With Severe Food Allergies? By MELANIE THERNSTROM Published: March 7, 2013 ...p 50 At one of Jack’s many long appointments, I asked him what it was like to have allergies. He looked down, his long lashes

Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?

2013-03-15 Thread Sy Chen
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:34 AM, sue neff neffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? This is a good example

Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?

2013-03-15 Thread calkin
On 03/15/2013 10:54 AM, Gareth Chen wrote: On Mar 15, 2013 6:09 AM, sue neffneffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon I think this happens because