2015 GAL 8: Rosalind Franklin by Jacquline Rivera

2015 GAL 8: Rosalind Franklin

Crochet
February 2015
Sport (12 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
3.75 mm (F)
136 - 260 yards (124 - 238 m)
English
This pattern is available for free.

Chances are, when you think about DNA, you think about Watson and Crick. Don’t get me wrong, they are a part of the story, but the real science hero here is Rosalind Franklin. Born and educated in England, Rosalind excelled at everything she did: Sports, school, throwing shade. There was nothing this girl couldn’t do. She earned her PhD at the tender age of 25 and in 1947 she jetted off to Paris to study X-Ray Crystalography. Rosalind Franklin independently hypothesized the structure of DNA and was instrumental in informing the work that other scientists took credit for. cough WatsonAndCrick cough

Please note that instructions for both knit and crochet are listed in the pattern.