[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class

[Henrietta Brewer]

I will have to send this to my Grand Daughter. She is a biology major. She has her own Mr and Mrs to work on this year. No animals. Just the real human type. She is so glad she hasn't had to see the face yet.
Henrietta
On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Sarah Sykes wrote:

> Oh, folks! My knitterly heart just skipped several beats! I'm laughing
> SO hard right now.
> 
> This is perfect for the Halloween season.
> 
> I will warn you, you may find the following slightly gross. My
> apologies, if so, but I think it's worth sharing anyway.
> 
> Okay, I was dinking around on Facebook when a designer friend shared a
> photo of this little gem of an item on Etsy called "Knitting in
> Biology 101". I will describe it below, To see it in person, follow
> this link. http://www.etsy.com/listing/69071018/knitting-in-biology-101-black-background
> 
> "Knitting in Biology 101"
> The artist has taken a black, wooden, eight by ten inch frame with
> black backing and, using T-pins has stretched fastened to the frame a
> hand knitted dissected frog. The pale green frog body, knit from a
> silk wool blend, is mostly in tact, save two knitted flaps of skin
> that have been pinned back to reveal tiny hand felted froggy organs
> made of 100% wool. A lot of detail was put into this, making the
> organs appropriately colored and shaped, red liver, pink lungs,
> slightly darker pink heart, pale blue veins, olive green gal bladder,
> orange asaphagus, beige stomach, brown small intestines, and very pale
> blue large intestines. Oh, yes, and I must mention that when you tilt
> the head forward to reveal the top side of it, the eyes are shown as
> black x's. In case you don't know, using x's in place of eyes is a
> common visual effect used when drawing a cartoon or stick figure who
> is dead.
> 
> The artist is also selling kits to create this little guy yourself,
> or, you can also purchase just the pattern. So, if you need a little
> ghoulish knitting project, go check it out! There are several other
> biology project art pieces there, too, such as an earthworm, a pig, an
> alien, a brain.  It's crazy fun!
> 
> Cheers,
> Sarah M Sykes
> www.sarahmsykes.com
> sarahmsykes at gmail.com
> 
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