Knitted body parts roundup

I've noticed patterns for various body parts over the years and the time has come to gather them together.

Some of these are available as patterns, some are knit, some are crocheted, some are felted.

Where better to start than the heart? This one was created by Kristin Ledgett for Valentine's Day. Pattern is at http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTheart.php

Slightly more multimedia, this one even lights up and was made by Tatyana Yanishevsk

[added Aug 2013] this fluffy heart from Sarah Illenberger who makes objects for advertising use


And so to the respiratory system, these lungs were made by Anna Isherwood

Other organs include Gallbladder (this one by AnOptimisticCynic with removable stones...)
.. Kidneys (from Ravelry user erinware)

.. and Womb. The pattern from Knitty is here. This is the first thing I ever made in my own hand dyed and spun wool.

[Added Aug 2013 suggested by Poppy Cottage in the comments] There are a few variants of the booby baby beany for breastfeeding, this one is bySara Hanson


Holding it all up is the spine, this needle felted example from estonia76

[added 12/7/13] Suggested by Sue in the comments, the whole skellington



And helping it all move, the muscles. More pictures of this lovely work here

In charge of all of that is the brain, one here that you can wear on the outside (pattern by Alana Noritake)

.. and an anatomically correct one by Dr Karen Norberg, read about it here

[update Aug 2013] More brain and neurons here from CraftyHedhehog, a project called Neuroscience



[added Aug 2013] Another from Sarah Illenberger


On a microscopic level, some of us may actually have woolly chromasomes


[Added 12/7/13] Not for the squeamish, this is the entire digestive system, part of a knit-along some years ago, follow the links for the pattern:

[added Aug 2013] this digestive system from Sarah Illenberger 

Another digestive system along with brain & nervous system and other organs, this project is called Body Box by Caroline Gates:



More visible bits and pieces include ears.

.. and eyes

This one's a cat toy!



Do you know of any more? Let me know in the comments.

4 comments:

Sue said...

http://shanellpapp.com/2013/03/02/lab-skeleton/

Hope this link works Sheila because it's pretty cool, those organs are amazing!

Colette said...

Love it!!

How about this?
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/breast-hat

peahen said...

Thanks for the contribution, Sue, that skellington looks friendly and even cuddly!

Thanks too Poppy. I've seen the breast feeding hat (it's very witty) but didn't occur to me to include it here.

Kenneth said...

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