# Pattern of a globe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-of-a-globe/114112>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-of-a-globe/114112 "2002-06-14T22:19:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-of-a-globe/114112/1 "2002-06-14T22:19:37Z")

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I need a pattern to make a three-dee globe with.

Can anyone help me track down a pattern that can be used to make a globe?

A Sew-Easy Mercator Projection, as it were?

Believe it or not, it’s an emergency.

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**Author:** ![Surreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattern-of-a-globe/114112/2 "2002-06-14T22:36:44Z")

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Would a buckyball ([http://www.slb.com/seed/en/notes/bucky\_gui.htm](http://www.slb.com/seed/en/notes/bucky_gui.htm)) suffice? It’s a dodecahedrane, not a sphere.