These were made using output of a custom C program, which was then converted by Mathematica for rendering with POVRay.

Ruby glass trefoil
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Ruby-studded jade trefoil
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Gaudy gem-studded trefoil
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"Knot dancing" --- A View from Trefoilamadore
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"Knot in front of the kids" --- a slight revision
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"Knot on the Escher parquet!"
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These were made with a custom C program and the aid of ImageMagick. The texture patterns were first generated in Mathematica, then filled by hand using some woodgrain images stolen from the web.

Woodgrain trefoil using filled Escher patterns
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Woodgrain trefoil using filled "Newfaux" (don't ask) pattern
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Made using the same tricks as the glass trefoils above, the figure here is a POV'ed-up version of a favorite knot from years ago. I believe the knot people call this one "7_2" (the trefoil being a "3_1").

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