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AFGHAN CLASSIFICATION

Afghan designs are classified in several different ways

CONCEPT

MATHS USED

NUMBER OF PIECES

TECHNIQUE

CONSTRUCTION

KNIT
About Turn
Amazement
A New Angle
AO
Backgammon
Basketweave
Best of Both Whirls
Bifocal
Bunch of Fives
Cable Tube Map
Checkmate
Code Comfort
Counting Pane
Cubism
Curve of Pursuit
Data Log
Double Base

Double Vision
Equal Parts
Fibo-optic
Fibre-nacci
Figure of Eight
Flatland Lock
From Square to Eternity
Half Measures
Have It All Ways
In Pursuit of an Illusion
Long and Winding Road
Making Waves
Metafourmosis
Order of Magnitude
Over and Out
Penrose
Pieces of Eight
Place Order

Pythagoras Tree
Pythagorean Ripples
Revolution
Ring-road
Rule of Three
Snakes and Ladders
Some Square Over The Rainbow
Spaghett Junction Map
Spinning a Yarn
Square Deal
Square Root
Step Up
Striptease
Swirl Without End
Take Five
The Woolsack
Tilting at Windmills

Tower Blocks
Under Orders
Wheels Within Wheels
Wheely Colourful
Window Boxes
Windows 100
Wreck Tangled

CROCHET
Chartres Cathedral Maze
Chromatic Scale
Code Comfort
Doing the Rounds
Flatland Lock
Give Me a Clew
Going Underground
Golden Spiral
Granny's Draughtboard

Granny's Ludo
Key Rings
Mere Bagatelle
Noughts and Crosses
Points of Departure
Point to Point
Scaled Up
Spacecraft
Square Snowflake
Surface Tension
Try Angulate
Under Orders
Wall Chart
Walls of Troy

AFGHANS ACCORDING TO TECHNIQUE
Knit or crochet

AFGHANS GROUPED ACCORDING TO THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SEPARATE PIECES TO BE MADE
It is sometimes possible to work in a different way and make more, or fewer pieces

AFGHANS GROUPED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION
Many pattern booklets give instructions for alternative constructions. Alternatives are not included in this list.
Some afghans use several methods. Only the main method is given here.

PICKING UP STITCHES
Best of Both Whirls
Curve of Pursuit
From Square to Eternity
Revolution
Square Root
Swirl Without End
MITRED SQUARES
Order of Magnitude
Place Order
LOG CABIN
AO
Data Log
SHORT ROWS
Backgammon
Bifocal
Curve of Pursuit
Spinning a Yarn

STRAIGHT SQUARES
Basketweave
Code Comfort
STRAIGHT KNITTING
Double Base
Wreck Tangled

CROCHET
SQUARES
Code Comfort
Flatland Lock
Granny's Draughtboard
Granny's Ludo
Noughts and Crosses
Point to Point
Surface Tension
Under Orders

GRID/SURFACE
Give Me a Clew
Scaled Up
Spacecraft
Square Snowflake
CIRCLES
Chartres Cathedral Maze
Doing the Rounds
Golden Spiral
Key Rings
Points of Departure
Try Angulate
Walls of Troy
FILET
Mere Bagatelle
STRAIGHT
Chromatic Scale
Wall Chart

PYTHAGORAS
Pythagoras Tree
Pythagorean Ripples
PATTERNS
About Turn
Best of Both Whirls
Chromatic Scale
Counting Pane
From Square to Eternity
Golden Spiral
Half Measures
Have It All Ways
Penrose
Take Five
Tilting at Windmills
Under Orders
Wall Chart
SYMMETRY
Best of Both Whirls
Bunch of Fives
Curve of Pursuit
Fibre-nacci
Figure of Eight
From Square to Eternity
Have It All Ways
Making Waves
Metafourmosis
Penrose
Point to Point
Pythagoras Tree
Revolution
Rule of Three
Some Square Over The Rainbow
Spacecraft
Square Root
Square Snowflake
Swirl Without End

AFGHANS GROUPED ACCORDING TO MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT
This listing gives the most obvious mathematical concepts depicted in a design.
Some afghans are listed in more than one category. The list is not exhaustive.
There is a great deal of other Maths which can be derived from making, or studying, most of the designs.

AFGHANS GROUPED ACCORDING TO MATHS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION
This list gives some of the mathematical ideas used in the construction.
The list will only be of value to those with a particular interest in the mathematics involved.
Use in conjunction with CONCEPT list above.

Window Boxes
NUMBER PATTERNS
Chromatic Scale
Data Log
Double Base
Double Vision
Golden Spiral
Some Square Over The Rainbow
Try Angulate
TRIGONOMETRY
Curve of Pursuit
Metafourmosis
Rule of Three
Wheels Within Wheels
UNITARY METHOD
Backgammon
Curve of Pursuit

BARAVELLE SPIRAL
Best of Both Whirls
Swirl Without End
PENTOMINOES
Bunch of Fives
METRIC PAPER SIZES
AO
CODES
Code Comfort
MULTIPLICATION
Counting Pane
FRACTIONS
Equal Parts
Half Measures
Wall Chart
GOLDEN MEAN
Golden Spiral

PASCAL’S TRIANGLE
Mere Bagatelle
POLYGONS
Metafourmosis
Over and Out
Pieces of Eight
Wheels Within Wheels
A-PERIODIC TILING
Penrose
DRAGON CURVES
Chromatic Scale
Scaled Up
PEANO CURVES
Spacecraft
Square Snowflake