[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class

[Sarah Sykes]

She does do other animals. There is a fetal pig, an earthworm, an
alien, a bat, and others. :)

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Diane <dianefilipe at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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"
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:44 PM
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>> 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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