Aug 13 2009Lookin' Sharp: Periodic Sweater Of Elements
This is a periodic sweater of elements made by knitter apinnick. It looks sharp and I would wear it EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS. The table continues around the sweater to the back, and the sleeves contain the names of different fungi (right sleeve) and bacteria (left sleeve). Because, as we all know, bacteria and fungi like to party with the elements. It's true, one time -- and you've got to promise you won't tell anybody I told you this -- I saw Penicillium touching Argon's butt at a school dance. THEY WERE BEING SO FREAKY!
Hit the jump for several more shots of the awesomeness.
Periodic Table Sweater [thisandthat]
Thanks to Steve, who once wore two periodic sweaters, one on top of the other, because the dude is gangster as a mother.
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Reader Comments
1. catch22 - August 13, 2009 4:12 PM
cant say i like these element chart posts
2. dubba - August 13, 2009 4:12 PM
does it have the new element?
3. Ollie Williams - August 13, 2009 4:13 PM
My god.. so much ugly in one sweater..
4. asakite - August 13, 2009 4:13 PM
my chem teacher would have worn that! haha
5. Coffee Addict - August 13, 2009 4:14 PM
First :)
6. Timbo - August 13, 2009 4:16 PM
@5 No....no...
That sweater is spiffy...and by spiffy i mean retarded.
7. Coffee Addict - August 13, 2009 4:17 PM
I hate lag
8. GoSS Jerk - August 13, 2009 4:19 PM
@ 5 FAIL!!! big time.... Kinda like that Sweater!!!
9. pants - August 13, 2009 4:19 PM
if you didn't first post you wouldn't have to worry about it.
10. Richard McBeef - August 13, 2009 4:21 PM
What is streptococcus doing on the fungi sleeve?
FAIL
11. Checo - August 13, 2009 4:27 PM
Wow, i'll get one of those
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12. jaja - August 13, 2009 4:29 PM
I want this sweater so much...
And not to wear it.
13. Richard McBeef - August 13, 2009 4:52 PM
After further review, actinomyces and what is presumably microplasma are also wrongly located on the fungi sleeve
ULTIMATE FAIL
14. sexychemteacher - August 13, 2009 5:18 PM
As a chemistry teacher with a strong sense of fashion, I feel an overwhelming desire for this item.
15. scurl - August 13, 2009 5:20 PM
this reminds me....i LOVE sweaters like this.
also, periodic table posts that actually involve the real periodic table of elements, not "other things arranged in periodic table form."
i didn't get the damn thing tattoo'd on my johnson (whose name is frank, if anyone cares...as in "meet my friends, frank and sense and myrrh") to have the whole periodic table thing ruined by a bunch of idiots boring us to death listing superhero's or video game nonsense in table form.
keep your "entertainment" off my SCIENCE! and johnson!
cough, i'll sit down now.
johnson.
also, i would've just left off the bacteria sleeve and gone entirely fungi....i can't wait until it starts getting cooler and rainy and i can walk around the woods mumbling things like "another helvella lacunosa.....oh there's a helvella crispa, too..."
or "sweet! hydnum umbilicatum!"
gods i miss those days...
16. BathCaptain - August 13, 2009 5:34 PM
Thats OK,
But this LAZER SHIRT RULES
http://themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/2009/08/awesome-cool-lazer-shirt/
17. Mr. cow - August 13, 2009 5:42 PM
Moo
18. Spitzenkorper - August 13, 2009 6:38 PM
I want one
19. Pat - August 13, 2009 7:11 PM
Where the hell was this when I was failing sophomore chemistry?!
20. kate - August 13, 2009 7:39 PM
holy crap GW, what are you doing in my grandma's closet? no seriously, i think she made this, she was a wicked awesome knitter.
21. Chaz - August 13, 2009 8:02 PM
awww man. that's weak xD
22. Georgina - August 13, 2009 8:18 PM
Where do I get one?
23. linhanyi - August 14, 2009 2:48 AM
Panerai watches
24. linahnyi - August 14, 2009 2:49 AM
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25. Jaded Icon - August 14, 2009 7:47 AM
Hmmm.......not sure if I would wear that or not.......I'm conflicted. Damn! If it only lit up!
26. CiCi - August 14, 2009 8:22 AM
Yo, that is the coolest freakin sweater, I want 1. My students would get a kick out of this. Then they'll try to clown me, but that's ok. Maybe they might learn something when I make them sit at my desk writing the periodic table verbatim right off the front back and sides of my sweater while I teach elementary algebra...LOL
27. Ollie Williams - August 14, 2009 9:21 AM
@23
Fail at troll advertising.
28. - Neal Stephenson, - August 14, 2009 9:25 AM
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29. Avital - August 14, 2009 10:49 AM
I knit that sweater. Yeah, the colours are ugly. You know why? I live in Israel, I knitted this sweater over ten years ago, and there was no way I could find decent yarn in the local stores at that time. The yarn was a gift, so I used what was available. The sweater was done as a joke (only took me a couple weeks to knit), so don't take it too seriously.
30. Ollie Williams - August 14, 2009 11:05 AM
In Israel, old ugly sweaters knit you.
31. Jaded Icon - August 14, 2009 5:32 PM
@ 29
GTFO!! If it really was made in Israel it would be bulletproof and since it is not, than it wasn't.
32. Ash Frog - August 14, 2009 8:41 PM
@14
You may be a chemistry professor, but clearly not one with good taste.
33. CHRYZ - August 14, 2009 8:57 PM
WITH THIS SWEATER AND THE BOOZE DETECTOR YOU WILL TAKE EVERY SINGLE GIRL IN THE BAR
34. UGG Tasmina Sandals - September 11, 2009 8:25 AM
I have never purchased on line before except books and I have to say that the experience was very easy. Except for the shipping which I could not figure out how to do cheaper it was an excellent experience.