[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class

[Diane]

Wow!  I'm afraid after I knitted it, I would never want to let it go.
Her store says you will receive it within a year of payment.  It would 
probably take most anyone that long to knit it!
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Sykes" <sarahmsykes at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class


> 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"
>> <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
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>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting in Biology Class
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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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