[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class

[Diane]

This is so kool!
Wish I could have used this when I took Anatomy.
I wonder if she does any other animals, as we had to do cats in Anatomy. 
FROWN
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class


>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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