Alun’s comment on a post about Moebius strips<\/a> has a link to a site selling Klein bottles<\/a>. which are attempts to create a Moebius strip in a bottle format. <\/p>\n

( I don’t know whether they are Mobius<\/em> or Moebius <\/em>strips or whether the o<\/em> should have dots above it, or even whether the word needs capitals. It’s hard enough typing the<\/em> rather than teh<\/em> on a regular basis, let alone being consistent with old Dutch\/German surnames.)<\/p>\n

Zeolite<\/a> commented to say that she’s accidentally crocheted a Moebius coffee-cup holder.<\/p>\n

You can also find a Moebius dress on yankodesign<\/a> It’s made out of felt, so it doesn’t need seams.<\/p>\n

This would be more impressive if normal clothes didnt behave as if they had become Moebius strips when you have to put them on in a hurry. Surely Moebius strip topology is built into the design of every quilt cover.<\/p>\n

There is a mobius strip bag <\/a> on Makezine. This is designed to exploit the properties of the Moebius strip by the fact that you can split it down the middle to make a shoulder bag. <\/p>\n

This page also shows a couple of deeply unflattering, but mathematically pleasing, clothes with edges made using mathematical sequences. There’s a jacket fringe edge based on a Fibonacci sequence. Hmm, I don’t really get that. Surely lace and crocheting are always based on mathematical sequences.<\/p>\n

If you want a fractal garment – well, VISIBLY fractal, since creating a non-fractal fabric would be a real challenge for mathematics – it looks like you still will just have to make do with Mandelbrot sets printed on t-shirts, sadly. <\/p>\n