These Emission Spectra Scarves are lovingly machine-knit from black and colored 100% cotton yarn. They measure about 6.5 feet long and 7 inches wide.
Pictured above is Matt Mechtley sporting a custom quasar, and Limor (Ladyada) Fried and Andrew Salomone both wearing Silicon.
More photos at my photoset and adafruit’s Flickr.
This scarf was originally Amanda Wozniak‘s idea.
Download patterns to make your own! Thanks to Bryn Davies for the Spectra Pattern Generator Python script (no longer accessible). You can generate a pattern based on your knitting gauge at Bryn’s site download the python program and run it yourself:
Patterns below are for machine knitting or teeny needles:
Silicon [PDF]
Gold [PDF]
Mercury [PDF]
Iron [PDF]
Tungsten [PDF]
Uranium [PDF]
Molybdenum [paginated PDF | one long list PDF]
Lead [PDF]
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