Science knits

This tableau shows the different stages of attach on myelin in the brain (i) normal, (ii)being attacked and (iii) repair.

Alison Thomson

What is it about science and knitting? The number of times I’ve been to a talk or panel discussion and there’s people sitting there click-clacking away. I think I’ve finally figured out what it is-they’ve all been practising for the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Artist Alison Thomson has been collaborating with the British Society for Immunology on a knitting project to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis.

You can read more about the ‘Big Knit Project‘ at the BSI website, and see the tableaux at Cheltenham until Sunday.

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  1. Elvira says:

    Some people smoke, some chew gum, some knit. 🙂

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