Gestern war #ShowYourStripes Tag. Inzwischen wissen bestimmt auch viele, dass die berühmte Version von @edhawkins.org von der University of Reading stammt.

Was vermutlich kaum jemand weiß: sie gehen zurück auf die Häkelarbeit, die eine Professorin derselben Universität, Ellie Highwood, als Geschenk für einen Kollegen anfertigte.
Credit, to whom credit is due

https://elliehighwood.com/2017/06/12/climatechangecrochet-the-global-warming-blanket/

Fairerweise muss man sagen, dass Ed Hawkins selbst das auch erwähnt.

#WomenInSTEM #FrauenInMINT

#climatechangecrochet – The global warming blanket.

Q. What do you get when you cross crochet and climate science? A. A lot of attention on Twitter. At the weekend I like to crochet. Last weekend I finished my latest project and posted the picture o…

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The first #warmingStripes were woven by another scientist: Joan Sheldon. She made patterns that includes reconstruction data back to 1600 and even to 200.

http://sheldonfiberdesigns.net/

I am amazed that fellow #WomenInSTEM like textile handcraft. I am into needle binding.

Sheldon Fiber Designs

Sheldon Fiber Designs
@carbonwoman I am fascinated to find that a lot of women in #fiberarts so very often are professional #womeninscience , technical thinkers and/or #actuallyautistic