Another silly idea that's batting around in my head:
Bacteriophage socks.
No, not socks for bacteriophages (they don't have feet), but socks decorated with a bacteriophage-like pattern.
Why? Well, I think bacteriophages are kind of cool. Both because of their use in discovering that DNA was the material of biological inheritance, and their function (attacking bacteria). And also, they just look cool. (Like this image here. Or here. Or how they pack together to give a honeycomb like pattern.
I'm seeing it as a small discreet band of Fair Isle bacteriophages knit just under the cuff - you know, so most people don't know they're there. I'm envisioning maybe red 'phages on dark blue socks, or tan, or something like that. (When I finish the Miranda socks - which I am working on some lately - I will have a small amount of red left over, certainly enough to work a band of 'phages into a pair of socks)
I don't know if I'll ever work it up...but the idea still pleases me.
2 comments:
actually, you should knit it with the tails dangling off, like fringe! ummmm, ok, maybe not? don't mind me, i'm delirious
I love the idea! Now, however, I am also thinking of paramecium socks with the paramecia kind of like fuzzy paisleys! (This from the woman wearing DNA socks today.)
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