Bench Press » dissection http://blog.benchside.com The Crossroads of Science and Tech Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Knit-ology http://blog.benchside.com/2010/01/knit-ology/ http://blog.benchside.com/2010/01/knit-ology/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:09 +0000 ben http://blog.benchside.com/?p=1223 My talented girlfriend is both a science aficionado (currently a med student) and an avid knitter. So when she showed me the science-inspired knitting creations of one Etsy user CraftyHedgehog, I knew I just had to blog about it:

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After all, who wouldn’t want knitted replicas of their favorite dissection specimens? And, the creative Ms. CraftyHedgeHog has taken her art a step beyond – behold, a knitted dissection of an Easter Bunny:

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The fetal pig is 100% wool. The frog is made from a silk/wool blend with the organs made from 100% wool (and yes, that’s a real aluminum tray – don’t worry, Ms. CraftyHedgeHog assures us that they’re unused). The rat is hand-knit from an acrylic mohair, also with 100% wool organs. The Easter Bunny is made from soft nylon yarn and the insides are made from 100% wool (for the eggs) and the plastic grass used to line Easter baskets.

You can buy the specimens and learn more from CraftyHedgeHog’s Etsy page!

(Image credits – CraftyHedgeHog’s Etsy page)

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