DNA Scarf
After seeing the DNA scarf over at Jerry's blog, I ordered the latest issue of Interweave Knits, as it seemed to me that I probably needed to knit one of those things.
The cover's pretty funny -- Parisian waiters wearing red aran sweaters -- right, yeah, that works -- and I don't think there's anything else in the magazine I'm interested in, but the DNA cable is a fine and glorious thing, and it shall be knit. The pattern is given as an adjunct to an article called "geekchic," which discusses the intersection of knitting and science, an good article in itself -- nice to read about the creation of the DNA cable, for instance; microbiologist June Oshiro, rather than paying attention in a lecture one day, let her tape recorder take the notes and charted out the cable design. (Note to students: this sort of activity is fine by me, but you have to share the pattern later, and you'll STILL be responsible for the material. Also, I'll blog you.)
Alas, my Dad, the biomathematician/historian, has never been seen in his life wearing a scarf, so I don't think he's getting one (sorry, Dad -- promise to wear it and I'll change my mind), but my Mom, the computer programmer/amateur mycologist, knows how to dye yarn with mushrooms, so she's sending yarn, and she can have one (link contains picture AND information on mushroom dying!). This seems fitting and good.
Yes. I think it's a good idea to have a copy of the cable lying around the house, just in case one meets a scientist for whom one needs to knit an artifact.
Or, better yet, one IS a knitting scientist. (Hey! Fillyjonk! You've got one, right?)
The cover's pretty funny -- Parisian waiters wearing red aran sweaters -- right, yeah, that works -- and I don't think there's anything else in the magazine I'm interested in, but the DNA cable is a fine and glorious thing, and it shall be knit. The pattern is given as an adjunct to an article called "geekchic," which discusses the intersection of knitting and science, an good article in itself -- nice to read about the creation of the DNA cable, for instance; microbiologist June Oshiro, rather than paying attention in a lecture one day, let her tape recorder take the notes and charted out the cable design. (Note to students: this sort of activity is fine by me, but you have to share the pattern later, and you'll STILL be responsible for the material. Also, I'll blog you.)
Alas, my Dad, the biomathematician/historian, has never been seen in his life wearing a scarf, so I don't think he's getting one (sorry, Dad -- promise to wear it and I'll change my mind), but my Mom, the computer programmer/amateur mycologist, knows how to dye yarn with mushrooms, so she's sending yarn, and she can have one (link contains picture AND information on mushroom dying!). This seems fitting and good.
Yes. I think it's a good idea to have a copy of the cable lying around the house, just in case one meets a scientist for whom one needs to knit an artifact.
Or, better yet, one IS a knitting scientist. (Hey! Fillyjonk! You've got one, right?)
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