Sally Ride (1951-2012) became the first American woman to go to space, in 1983. When she was young, she had two potential career paths: tennis player or physicist, and she chose science. She was in the first class of women even admitted to the NASA program, and, right before going into space, was asked by reporters: “Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?” and “Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?” AARRRRGGGHHHH!!! She was deeply personal, and it wasn’t until after her death that her life-partner of 27 years was revealed to be a woman, Tam O’Shaughnessey, who she met on the tennis circuit. Together, they not only built a life together, but wrote children’s science books and started a foundation that encourages children to learn about science together.
This colorway, called Outer Space, used to be called Forbidden Forest.
The shawl shown is Shannon’s Viriditas. It can be made with one or two skeins of fingering-weight yarn (and is very customizable, both size-wise and yarn-weight-wise, due to it’s tip-to-tip construction).
You can find all of our in-stock True Colors yarn on our website.
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