Comments on: Periodic Table sweater http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 05:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565252 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565252 (from the original sweater knitter) Yes, the colours are horrible! I knitted this in the 90s, when there was very little wool available in Israel. The yarn was a gift and was definitely NOT what I would have chosen, but beggars can't be choosers. I was lucky to have enough yarn to knit a sweater in the first place. Avital (from the original sweater knitter) Yes, the colours are horrible! I knitted this in the 90s, when there was very little wool available in Israel. The yarn was a gift and was definitely NOT what I would have chosen, but beggars can’t be choosers. I was lucky to have enough yarn to knit a sweater in the first place.

Avital

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564492 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564492 Elements 104-118 are indeed missing because I used an old high school text book when I knitted it in 1998. I am not a chemist and did not keep up to date on the elements. BTW, this view is the back. Hydrogen and the other elements are on the front. All the photos appear in my original blog posting (link under article). Elements 104-118 are indeed missing because I used an old high school text book when I knitted it in 1998. I am not a chemist and did not keep up to date on the elements. BTW, this view is the back. Hydrogen and the other elements are on the front. All the photos appear in my original blog posting (link under article).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565313 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565313 Small correction, Cory. My husband is a microbiologist, not a physicist. Also, this is the back of the sweater, not the front (my mistake--I accidentally reversed the photos in my blog; it's fixed now). Avital Small correction, Cory. My husband is a microbiologist, not a physicist. Also, this is the back of the sweater, not the front (my mistake–I accidentally reversed the photos in my blog; it’s fixed now).

Avital

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565061 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565061 Yaay Avital, you made the big time! We knitfiends remember you posting about this on the old KnitList back in the dawn of the 'net era, when we linked to each other using stone knives, Mozilla and bearskins. - knitlurker Yaay Avital, you made the big time! We knitfiends remember you posting about this on the old KnitList back in the dawn of the ‘net era, when we linked to each other using stone knives, Mozilla and bearskins. – knitlurker

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564811 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564811 --facepalm-- –facepalm–

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565351 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565351 The first halogen isn't a mistake. That would be the silent P in Phluorine The first halogen isn’t a mistake. That would be the silent P in Phluorine

]]> By: akbal7 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564586 akbal7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564586 That is a horrible signal you are sending to the youth of today. That sweater is an awful, unwearable color. That is a horrible signal you are sending to the youth of today. That sweater is an awful, unwearable color.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564590 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564590 Akbal, perhaps the recipient thinks differently. Akbal, perhaps the recipient thinks differently.

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564600 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564600 As a person who has knitted, I stand up and applaud you. I am deeply impressed. Your blog entry about it was great fun to read too. As a person who has knitted, I stand up and applaud you. I am deeply impressed.

Your blog entry about it was great fun to read too.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564606 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564606 A periodic table is nice, but for a physicist, I would have preferred to have seen a Feynmann diagram, or maybe a cloud chamber photo of some swirling particles. But yes, craft love is the best kind of love. "Always" wanted a "girl" friend to do some nice embroidery for me, but twas not to be. A periodic table is nice, but for a physicist, I would have preferred to have seen a Feynmann diagram, or maybe a cloud chamber photo of some swirling particles.

But yes, craft love is the best kind of love. “Always” wanted a “girl” friend to do some nice embroidery for me, but twas not to be.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564608 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564608 It's a science version of a Weasley sweater. It’s a science version of a Weasley sweater.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564621 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564621 Weasley Crusher, I assume? (I'm a fan, and of a certain age, myself) Weasley Crusher, I assume? (I’m a fan, and of a certain age, myself)

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564631 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564631 Ron Weasley? Ginny Weasley? Molly Weasely! http://alison.knitsmiths.us/pattern_weasley.html Ron Weasley?
Ginny Weasley?

Molly Weasely!

http://alison.knitsmiths.us/pattern_weasley.html

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565151 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565151 magnificent! next: his genome in a muffler. magnificent! next: his genome in a muffler.

]]> By: V http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564642 V Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564642 Looks like something Rick Nielsen would wear... Looks like something Rick Nielsen would wear…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565208 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565208 New periodic table! Now with two phosphoruses!! New periodic table! Now with two phosphoruses!!

]]> By: insidecircles http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564449 insidecircles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564449 My wife did something similar across the wall of our spare room: http://www.inacorner.co.uk/images/periodic.jpg Best kind of love, indeed. My wife did something similar across the wall of our spare room:

http://www.inacorner.co.uk/images/periodic.jpg

Best kind of love, indeed.

]]> By: OoerictoO http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564455 OoerictoO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564455 the best kind of love would have been if she hadn't forgotten some of the smaller elements. sheesh the best kind of love would have been if she hadn’t forgotten some of the smaller elements. sheesh

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564458 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564458 Speaking of nerdy sweaters, my girlfriend knit me a <a>Mugatu sweater</a> for xmas a few years back. Speaking of nerdy sweaters, my girlfriend knit me a Mugatu sweater for xmas a few years back.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564981 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564981 A dear friend of ours used to knit a lot- sweaters, quilts, throw pillows, even peter heaters. I had her make me a custom pair of slippers that look like alligators- they even had flaps on top that looked like snapping jaws! When I turn out the light and walk to bed in the dark, the creatures under the bed are too scared to grab at my ankles. Hah! A dear friend of ours used to knit a lot- sweaters, quilts, throw pillows, even peter heaters. I had her make me a custom pair of slippers that look like alligators- they even had flaps on top that looked like snapping jaws!
When I turn out the light and walk to bed in the dark, the creatures under the bed are too scared to grab at my ankles. Hah!

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-565237 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-565237 that's not two phosporuses, that's Plorine! that’s not two phosporuses, that’s Plorine!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564471 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564471 This is terrific. Love it! This is terrific. Love it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/12/periodic-table-sweat.html#comment-564991 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564991 Troofseeker - if the creatures under your bed read bOINGbOING you just blew it.... Troofseeker – if the creatures under your bed read bOINGbOING you just blew it….

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